NOW ON SALE at Plum Rain Press.com - The English Translation of: A Tale of Three Tribes in Dutch Formosa by Dr. Chen Yao-chang 陳耀昌 !!
Dec. 13, 2024

S4-E34 - Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA 黃仁勳

S4-E34 - Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA 黃仁勳

He’s a rockstar in Taiwan; swarmed by the media as he grabs a snack at a local night market while wearing his trademark leather jacket – there’s almost no chance you’ve never heard of him: Jensen Huang 黃仁勳, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia is now probably the most famous person of Taiwanese heritage in the world. His company is creating wonderfully terrifying chips that power AI concepts which will either help solve the world’s major problems or fulfil “The Terminator” movies prophecies. But how did this kind-looking 61-year-old Taiwanese American rise from his reasonably humble background in Tainan City into the ranks of IT megatitans? Formosa Files brings you the story of his early years in this week’s episode... well, as much as of it as we could find, at least.

PLEASE DO US A FAVOR and sub, follow, or 'like' us on social media - it really helps! Thanks!

The player is loading ...
The History of Taiwan - Formosa Files
00:00
00:00
00:00

Cover: On the left, a graphic showing Nvidia's incredible growth (via Fact Set/Marketwatch). Right: Jensen Huang 黃仁勳 at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. (2003, Official Photo by Simon Liu / Office of the President)

Below: Jensen Huang at the Taipei computer show, COMPUTEX. (2016, via Wikimedia Commons)

Below: NVIDIA headquarters at 2788-2888 San Tomas Expressway in Santa Clara, California. Photographed by Wikimedia user Coolcaesar on July 23, 2023.

Below: Welcome sign on the campus of Oneida Baptist Institute (OBI) boarding school. Oneida Baptist Institute is Kentucky's oldest boarding school still in operation today. It is located in Oneida in Clay County, Kentucky, USA. Via Wikimedia Commons. OBI, then a reform school, was the first place Jensen Huang and his older brother were sent after they arrived in America - without their parents - in 1973. Wiki says of the school: "Oneida Baptist Institute was founded by James Anderson Burns with the intent of bringing an end to the culture of feuds and violence in Clay County, Kentucky. Burns aimed 'to teach the children of the hostile clans to love each other and not fight,' believing that a combination of education and Christian love would cause their feuds to 'stop automatically.'" 

Below: The Denny's roadside diner in San Jose, California where Nvidia's three co-founders agreed to start the company in 1993. Image via Wikimedia Commons, 2023. 

Below: Both John and Eryk wish they'd bought Nvidia stock in 1999. 

Below: Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su 蘇姿丰 is Jensen Huang's cousin. Lisa Su is the president, chief executive officer (CEO), and chair of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). She was also born in Taiwan and moved to the United States as a child. 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE DO US A FAVOR and sub, follow, or 'like' us on social media - it really helps! Thanks!

Do us a favor and rate/review the show! It really helps. Do it on Apple Podcasts or here on our website.

Write us with questions or ideas at formosafiles@gmail.com 

AND THE BIGGEST REQUEST: tell others about this free, not-for-profit resource about Taiwan. 

Podpage Voice Mail Mic Icon Podpage Voicemail Arrow Icon