Jensen Huang

{ "bio": [ "Jensen Huang cofounded graphics-chip maker Nvidia in 1993, and has served as its CEO and president ever since.", "Huang owns approximately 3% of Nvidia, which went public in 1999.", "Born in Taiwan, Huang moved to Thailand as a child, but his family sent him and his brother to the U.S as civil unrest mounted in the Asian nation.", "Under Huang, Nvidia became a dominant force in computer gaming chips and has expanded to design chips for data centers and autonomous cars.", "He's given Stanford $30 million for an engineering center and, in 2022, gave $50 million to Oregon State University for a namesake research center." ], "about": [ "Shortly after arriving in the U.S., Huang was sent to a boarding school in rural Kentucky for troubled youth by his aunt and uncle, who mistook it for a prep school.", "At boarding school, Huang was assigned to clean the boys' bathroom every day after class, while his brother worked on the tobacco farm.", "Huang also worked as a waiter at Denny's, which he says helped him overcome his shyness." ] }