Interesting facts about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, CEO and co-founder of Nvidia, is leading the push into the future of AI – with his company making billions of dollars. (Image: EPA-EFE)

Just last week, the chip giant reported $22.1 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023, far exceeding Wall Street expectations. Now, companies are racing to get Nvidia's graphics processing units (or GPUs) to power their AI platforms. (Photo: Ann Wang)

Meanwhile, Huang's fortune has also skyrocketed. The Nvidia CEO, dubbed the "Godfather of AI," is now worth $69.4 billion as of February 25, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He is now on track to become one of the world's richest people. (Photo: nvidianews)

But Jensen Huang is known for more than just founding a successful company. Here are some surprising facts about the man. (Photo: SoPa/Getty)

Jensen Huang’s aunt and uncle accidentally sent him and his brother to Oneida Baptist Academy in Kentucky when he was a child, thinking it was a prep school. And Jensen Huang himself was required to clean bathrooms as part of the school’s housekeeping duties. (Photo: Time Magazine)

Jensen Huang first met his wife at Oregon State University in the 1980s when he was just 16 years old. In fact, he met Lori, his current wife, in an electrical engineering class at the university, as a lab partner. The couple now have two children. (Photo: wccftech)

In fact, Nvidia started as an idea at a Denny's diner. In 1993, Jensen Huang met with his friends Chris Malocowsky and Curtis Priem at a Denny's in California to discuss a new business idea: to start a graphics company, which laid the foundation for the birth of Nvidia today. (Photo: Shutterstock)

He has a tattoo of the Nvidia logo on his bicep. (Photo: Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

Jensen Huang became a style icon thanks to his black leather jacket. Huang’s aesthetic became so popular that some online sellers sold knockoffs using the CEO’s name and image on Amazon, Jacketpop, and Wilson Jackets. (Photo: Noah Berger/Getty Images)

Jensen Huang has 50 people working directly under him. Dozens of employees work under Huang to keep him updated on what is going on in the company. “This allows us to keep the information flowing, allows us to make sure that everyone is empowered by the information,” Jensen Huang said. “Our company runs better because everyone is on the same page, everyone is informed about what is going on,” he added. (Photo: WSJ)

The leader of the $1.98 trillion company said he couldn’t shake the feeling that his chip empire could one day collapse due to the challenges his business has faced in the past. “I think when you build a company from scratch, go through real adversity and come close to bankruptcy a few times, that feeling stays with you,” Huang said at the New York Times DealBook Summit 2023. He said he wrestles with that fear every morning. (Photo: Rick Wilking/Reuters)

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