Jensen Huang

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer Nvidia

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Jensen Huang co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has run it ever since as President and Chief Executive Officer. In the second quarter of fiscal 2027 its revenue rose 106 percent to $96.2 billion, $89.0 billion of it from data centres. Fortune reported that NVIDIA became the first $4 trillion company on its list and overtook Apple as the most valuable company. Nvidia ranked No. 16 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA since 1993.
• Director of Coreware at LSI Logic, part of a 1985 to 1993 tenure.
• Microprocessor designer at AMD, 1983 to 1985.

Professional Journey

Huang earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at Oregon State University and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at Stanford University. He was a microprocessor designer at AMD from 1983 to 1985 and then spent eight years at LSI Logic, where his roles included Director of Coreware, the business unit responsible for its system-on-chip products.

In 1993 he co-founded NVIDIA and has served as its President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since its inception. Reporting results in August 2026, he said that “compute is revenue” and that its Vera Rubin platform was in full production.

Education

Oregon State University

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Stanford University

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering