Jensen Huang’s net worth stands at $114.5 billion as of February 13, 2025, according to Forbes, putting him at the 14th spot of the world’s richest persons. Huang is known for his role as the co-founder and CEO of the all-important chip company Nvidia (NVDA). He is one of the prime reasons for bringing Nvidia to this enviable position on the global map. A majority of Huang’s fortunes are tied to his roughly 3.5% stake (direct and through trusts) in Nvidia.
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Unfortunately, the billionaire suffered his biggest one-day loss, wiping out over $20 billion from his wealth, due to a steep fall in NVDA’s stock price on January 27. Huang did rank in the top ten billionaires until that day, but China’s DeepSeek rattled the world with its cheaper AI model R1. The advent of a cheaper AI model made from older Nvidia chips put doubts in consumers’ minds about NVDA’s future prospects and the vast amount of dollars that are being invested in advanced AI infrastructure.
Huang’s Making of Nvidia
Huang originally hails from Taiwan but moved to the U.S. as a child during the time of civil unrest in the Asian region. He boasts a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Oregon State University and a Master of Science in Engineering from Stanford. After gaining experience in some of the other technology companies in the U.S., Huang decided to co-found Nvidia at the age of 29, along with partners Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. Since the founding of Nvidia in 1993, Huang has been the President and CEO of the semiconductor company.
Under Huang’s leadership, Nvidia has had many firsts. For instance, Nvidia launched the first-ever GPUs (graphic processing units) in 1999. The same year, Nvidia went public and then there was no looking back. Huang first made Nvidia’s GPUs a crucial part of powering video games. Later in 2006, Huang launched the CUDA architecture (computing platform) that opened up newer avenues for Nvidia’s chips aside from gaming.
Huang’s Wealth Creation Timeline
After the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT toward the end of 2022, Nvidia’s chips witnessed the most unprecedented demand in history. Nvidia’s market capitalization ballooned and Huang’s net worth also quickly climbed the ranks of the billionaire’s list. Here’s a gist of Huang’s wealth creation timeline.
- 2017- $2.7 billion
- 2020 – $4.7 billion
- 2021 – $11.8 billion
- 2022 – $20.6 billion
- 2024 – $77 billion
Interesting Facts About Huang
There are many things to learn from Huang, which can be applied to reach the kind of greatness that he has achieved both for himself and for Nvidia. Huang does not wear a watch for the simple reason – to focus and give full attention to the present. He also prefers to give feedback in front of others because he believes everyone can learn from others’ mistakes. Huang also does not like to fire people. Instead, he prefers to keep the employees and “torture them into greatness.” And finally, the mark of a true genius, Huang says, “When I’m not working, I’m thinking about working.”
