The AI Chip King

Jensen Huang, the co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, has joined the exclusive $200 billion club, becoming richer than the Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin combined. The milestone was reached as NVIDIA's market cap crossed $4 trillion for the first time ever, making it the most valuable company in the world. Huang's 3.5% stake in the company is now worth $140 billion, with the remainder coming from his private holdings in AI startups and real estate. The Taiwanese-American entrepreneur's journey from gas station attendant to AI titan is the ultimate Silicon Valley success story.

Huang's wealth has grown by $120 billion in 2025 alone, driven by NVIDIA's Blackwell chip delays being resolved and data center revenue exploding 400%. The company's CEO has become the face of the AI revolution, frequently appearing at conferences and on television to explain the transformative power of graphics processing units. Huang's leadership style — combining technical expertise with showmanship — has made him a cult figure among tech workers and investors alike. His iconic leather jacket and ponytail have become as recognizable as Steve Jobs' turtleneck.

The NVIDIA Empire

NVIDIA's dominance in AI hardware is so complete that the company now controls 95% of the GPU market for machine learning. Every major AI model from GPT-4 to Llama 3 was trained on NVIDIA hardware. The company's CUDA software platform has become the de facto standard for AI development, creating a moat that competitors like AMD and Intel can't breach. Huang has invested billions in AI research and development, ensuring NVIDIA stays ahead of the curve. His vision of AI as a general-purpose technology that will transform every industry has proven prescient, making him not just rich, but influential on a global scale.