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    Jensen Huang

    President and chief executive officer of NVIDIA

    President and Chief Executive Officer, NVIDIA

    Background

    Jensen Huang is president and chief executive officer of NVIDIA.

    He founded the company in 1993 and has served as its president, chief executive officer and a board member since its founding.

    In 2026 he was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

    About Nvidia

    Nvidia: Nvidia is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and other chips and software for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, data science, and gaming.

    Key facts

    Founded NVIDIA
    1993source
    Current roles
    President, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, since the company's foundingsource
    Appointment
    President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2026source
    Election
    National Academy of Engineeringsource
    Title
    CEO and founder of NVIDIAsource
    Quoted on the UK pledge
    The U.K. brings world-class scientific rigor to this essential engineering challengesource
    Paris remarks
    Said NVIDIA would announce $2 billion of European investments within a week, with London and Berlin to followsource

    WYDE coverage of Jensen Huang

    WYDE Newsroom has published 3 articles about Jensen Huang, from Jul 23, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026. Jensen Huang is a named leader in 2 stories and a donor in 1 story. The most recent is NVIDIA $250 million UK AI safety research pledge: Imperial among beneficiaries.

    AI

    NVIDIA $250 million UK AI safety research pledge: Imperial among beneficiaries

    Felix reported on 22 October that Imperial is among the beneficiaries. The Next Web reports that the pledge is compute access, not cash, and that none of it has been contracted. NVIDIA says provider selection and commercial terms are still to be agreed.

    Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    AI

    Nvidia and Six Wall Street Giants Commit $500 Billion to Finance AI Infrastructure With Compute as Collateral

    Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR will build dedicated debt pools for Nvidia's customers, deepening questions about how much AI demand is real and how much is financed by the chipmaker itself.

    Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Philanthropy

    Jensen and Lori Huang Give Vanderbilt $75 Million for a New San Francisco Arts College

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Lori Huang gave Vanderbilt University $75 million to launch a San Francisco college of art, architecture and design, replacing the shuttered California College of the Arts.

    Jul 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Donor

    Reported alongside Jensen Huang

    Sources

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