Nvidia

Holds a B.S.E.E. from Oregon State University and an M.S.E.E. from Stanford University. Began his career as a chip designer at AMD after graduating from Oregon State in 1984. Later joined LSI Logic, where he held engineering, marketing, and general management roles. Co-founded Nvidia in April 1993 from a Denny's restaurant in San Jose alongside Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, who selected him as CEO. Under Huang's three-decade leadership, Nvidia invented the GPU in 1999, pivoted to GPGPU computing with CUDA in 2006, and became the dominant platform for AI training, making Nvidia one of the most valuable companies in the world.

Holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Florida and an M.S. from Santa Clara University. Worked at Hewlett-Packard before joining Sun Microsystems, where he worked alongside Jensen Huang and Curtis Priem. Co-founded Nvidia in April 1993, contributing hardware engineering expertise to the company's early graphics chip designs. He holds the title of Nvidia Fellow — the company's highest individual technical distinction — and has focused on advanced hardware research throughout his tenure. He holds more than 40 patents and has been instrumental in Nvidia's GPU and CUDA architecture development.

Holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Designed the IBM Professional Graphics Adapter while at Vermont Microsystems — the first professional graphics processor for the PC. Joined Sun Microsystems in 1986, where he developed the GX graphics chip and met Jensen Huang and Chris Malachowsky. Co-founded Nvidia in April 1993 and served as CTO until 2003, architecting the company's early GPU products including the NV1 and RIVA series. After departing Nvidia, he donated much of his wealth to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives largely off-grid.