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黃仁勳 | |
Born | February 17, 1963 (age 58) Tainan, Taiwan |
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Nationality | Taiwanese American |
Other names | Jensen Huang |
Citizenship | Republic of China (Taiwan) United States |
Alma mater | Oregon State University (BS) Stanford University (MS) National Taiwan University (DS) |
Occupation | Businessman, electrical engineer |
Net worth | US$14.3 Billion (April 2021)[1] |
Title | Co-founder, president and CEO, Nvidia Corporation |
Spouse(s) | Lori Huang |
Children | 2 |
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Jen-Hsun 'Jensen' Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and business executive who serves as president and CEO of the Nvidia Corporation, which he co-founded in 1993. Huang graduated from Oregon State University before moving to California. He earned a master's degree from Stanford University.[2] In 2008, Forbes listed him as the 61st highest paid CEO in a list of U.S. CEOs and one of the wealthiest Asian Americans.[3]
Huang was born in Tainan, Taiwan. His family immigrated to the United States when he was a child, first living in Oneida, Kentucky, and settling in Oregon. He graduated from Aloha High School, outside Portland.[4]
Huang received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992.[5]
After college he was a director at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).[6] On his 30th birthday in 1993,[7] Huang co-founded Nvidia and is the CEO and president. He owns a portion of Nvidia's stock worth about US$1.3 billion as of 2016.[8] He earned $24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by Forbes.[3]
Huang gave his alma mater Stanford University US$30 million to build the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center.[9] The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad.[10] It was designed by Bora Architects of Portland, Oregon and completed in 2010.[11] Huang gave his alma mater Oneida Baptist Institute $2 million to build Huang Hall, a new girls' dormitory and classroom building.[12]
In 2007, Huang was the recipient of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Pioneer Business Leader Award for his work in both the corporate and philanthropic worlds.[13]
In 1999, Jensen Huang was named Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by Ernst & Young.
In 2003, Huang received the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, which recognizes a leader who has made exceptional contributions to driving the development, innovation, growth, and long-term opportunities of the fabless semiconductor industry, from the Fabless Semiconductor Association. He was also a National Finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2003 and was an Award Recipient for the Northern California region in 1999.[14]
Additionally, Huang is a recipient of the Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award from the University of Southern California and was named an Alumni Fellow by Oregon State University.
Huang was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oregon State University at the June 13, 2009, commencement ceremony.[15]
In 2018, Huang was listed in the inaugural EDGE 50, naming the world's top 50 influencers in edge computing.[16]
In November,2020 ,Jensen Huang was named from: Eurostars AutomotiveNewsEurope as : 'Supplier CEO of the year' [17]
Huang was awarded an honorary doctorate from National Taiwan University at the school anniversary in November, 2020.[18]
While at Oregon State, Huang met his future wife, Lori, his engineering lab partner at the time. Huang has two children.[19] He is said to be an uncle of AMD CEO Lisa Su,[20][21] but this has been dismissed by her.[22]
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