Name Jen-Hsun Huang Role Entrepreneur | Spouse Lori Huang | |
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Born February 17, 1963 (age 61) ( 1963-02-17 ) Taipei, Taiwan Occupation Co-founder, president and CEO, Nvidia Corporation Salary USD $16.47 million (2006) Similar People Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem, Mark Stevens, Steven Chu | ||
Jensen Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwan-born American entrepreneur and businessman. He co-founded the graphics-processor company Nvidia and serves as its president and CEO. Huang graduated from Oregon State University before moving to California. He graduated with a master degree from Stanford University. In 2008, Forbes listed him as the 61st highest paid CEO in a list of U.S. CEOs.
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Morris chang in conversation with jen hsun huang
Early years
Huang was born in Taiwan. After leaving Oneida Baptist Institute and moving to Oregon with his family, Huang began to play table tennis at a club in downtown Portland and at age 15, he placed third in junior doubles at the U.S. Table Tennis Open. He graduated from Aloha High School, located in the western suburbs of Portland.
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. While at Oregon State, he met his future wife Lori, his engineering lab partner at the time. Huang has two children.
Career
After college he was Director of Coreware at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). On his 30th birthday in 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia and is currently the CEO and President. He owns a portion of Nvidia's stock worth about USD $1.3 billion as of 2016. He earned $24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by Forbes.
Philanthropy
Huang gave his alma mater Stanford University US$30 million that built the Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center. The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's new Science and Engineering Quad. It was designed by Boora Architects of Portland, Oregon.
Huang was the recipient in 2007 of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Pioneer Business Leader Award for his work in both the corporate and philanthropic worlds.
Awards
In 1999, Jensen Huang was named Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by Ernst and Young LLP.
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.
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.