Jensen Huang
Jen-Hsun Huang | |
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| Born | February 17, 1963 |
| Alma mater | Oregon State University Stanford University |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder, president and CEO, Nvidia Corporation |
| Spouse | Lori |
Template:Chinese name Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (simplified Chinese: 黄仁勋; traditional Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn)(born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and businessman. A native of Taiwan, he grew up in Oregon, graduating from Oregon State University before moving to California where he graduated from Stanford University. He co-founded Nvidia and serves as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the graphics-processor company. As of 2008, Forbes listed him as the 61st highest paid CEO in a list of U.S. CEOs.[2]
Early years
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he spent several years living in Thailand until he was accidentally sent to Oneida Baptist Institute, a Christian boarding school in Kentucky. His uncle and aunt, recent immigrants to Tacoma, Washington, who spoke little English, unwittingly thought it was a prep school but soon learned otherwise.
After leaving Oneida Baptist Institute and moving to Oregon with his parents, Huang began playing table tennis at a club in downtown Portland and at age 15, he placed third in junior doubles at the U.S. Open. He graduated from Aloha High School, located in the western suburbs of Portland.[3]
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.[4] While at Oregon State, he met his future wife Lori, his engineering lab partner at the time. Huang has two children, Madison and Spencer.
Career
After college he was Director of Coreware at LSI Logic and a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). In 1993, Huang co-founded Nvidia and is currently the CEO and President. He owns 4.69% stock percent of Nvidia worth about USD $512.4 million as of 2006.[1] He earned $24.6 million as CEO in 2007, ranking him as the 61st highest paid U.S. CEO by Forbes.[2]
Philanthropy
Huang pledged to give his alma mater Stanford University US$30 million for building the "Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center[5]."
References
- ^ a b #111 Jen-Hsun Huang - Forbes.com
- ^ a b CEO Compensation. Forbes. Retrieved on June 2 2008.
- ^ Rogoway, Mike. NVIDIA v. Intel: Rivalry heating up. The Silicon Forest Blog, The Oregonian, June 02 2008. Retrieved on June 02 2008.
- ^ #61 Jen-Hsun Huang. Forbes. Retrieved on June 2 2008.
- ^ http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/september10/building-091008.html