Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA
In this View From The Top interview, Shantam Jain, MBA ’24, speaks with Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
As of March 1, 2024, NVIDIA is the third most valuable company on Wall Street, with over $2T in market value. Jensen shares his experience founding NVIDIA, getting funded, building the first killer application for NVIDIA’s technology, deciding which markets are worth exploring, finding the conviction in making non-consensus bets, steering the company through challenging times, designing the right organization structure, and finally, his views on the AI revolution.
Excerpts from the interview:
- On reputation: “You can have a good or bad interview, but you can't run away from your past, so have a good past; I was probably Denny's [first job] best dishwasher”
- On early days: “In order for NVIDIA to succeed we needed another startup to succeed-EA… and EA’s CTO was 14 and had to be driven to work by his mom… that’s who we were relying on”
- On markets: “If someone else can do it, let them do it; focus on--if I don't do it, it won't get done”
- On core beliefs: “My reaction during that time [when NVIDIA lost 80% of market value in the financial crisis], is the same reaction I had about this week [when NVIDIA crossed $2T and became the 3rd most valuable company on Wall Street]”
- On unique organizational design: “You have to go back to first principles ... as a CEO I have to architect the company and create an organization that allows my employees to do their life’s work”
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Agreed, people are considering NVIDIA as the "Stock of the year." However, I'm curious about which stocks could potentially become the next META in terms of growth over the next decade. I've allocated $200k for investment, looking for companies to make additions to boost performance
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He has the best ASMR voice of all CEOs
Yeah, his voice is amazing and the way he explained his questions was so easy to understand. Great Leader!
Agreed
Yeah agree sophisticated Techy
Mr. Huang and his company he built are awe inspiring, nothing else comparable before, very exciting 👏🏻
Yeah, and his speech is so clear.
His clarity of thought and humility set him apart. Very impressive and refreshing!
Humility that only comes from starting at the very bottom. Just my very personal opinion, he is the polar opposite of Elon Musk in that regard.
Oh? How many of these tech douchebags do you know?
@@cagnazzo82well, he was an actual engineer too lol unlike elmo
I love my Overoverovergod
"Don't worry about how other companies or org charts look. Start from first principles. Remember what an organization is designed to do - an organization of the past where there's a king (CEO), then you have the royal subjects/court, then you keep working your way down - eventually you have employees. Well the reason why it was designed that way is because they wanted their soldiers to have as little information as possible because their fundamental purpose of the soldiers is to die in the field of battle. To die without asking questions. I only have 30,000 employees. I would like none of them to die. I would like them to question everything. So the way you organize in the past and the way you organize today is very different." Best quote. It really separates the two schools of thought around transparency and the mindset that permeates each.
spot on.
Mind Numbingly Genuis - more success and health to you and your tribe Mr Huang.. ❤
and A caring /emphatic person.
The king is the one who serves best. I see a certain Christian vision in that form of leadership.
Based on meritocracy, no hierarchies. The only other CEO I've heard publicly state this is Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates. Anybody who advocates for DEI + Nepotism (at the expense of meritocracy) basically goes against this mantra.
My friend works for Jensen and says this man understands what the best people need to do their job for NVIDIA. He is super!
Pls can you elaborate
@@mrcoolabhishek123 my friend is an AI programmer and has a young family so he needs to be able to be there for them... working from home allowed him to still have his family time and also working flexible hours for them...Jensen understands that idea people need to be able to be comfortable in their life so they can produce.. and they are producing a lot
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What?
44:52 These lines will be written in Pure Gold!🙏 "your job is to make a unique contribution live a life of purpose to do something that nobody else in the world would do or can do to make a unique contribution so that in the event that after you done um everybody says you know the world was better because you were here"🙏
I'm the opposite of him and that's why I'm a nobody. But I don't mind nowadays. Follow him, don't follow me. 😂😂😂
I idolize this guy. Coz his humble and smart . he loves his family
I agree..
He doesn’t talk like a professional bullshitter Straight forward and simple
Together Everyone Achieves More 🦸🏼♀️👽❤🫂🪄✨🐉👩🏼🌾🫒🌺🤎🪷💦👣💤🧠
you shouldn't idolize anyone
@@resa574An Elon?
Jensen Huang's leadership style at Nvidia, with its flat organizational structure and direct employee engagement may not fit every company. while effective for innovation, other industries may require a more hierarchical approach for efficiency
while Nvidia's leadership style may not suit every company, its financial success speaks volumes. As the top-performing stock, it consistently delivers impressive returns. even during downturns, shorting and hedging led to substantial profits. I've personally seen returns of $1.2 million with Nvidia alone, outperforming my other investments
I tried the same, but didn't have your luck with the results. what i find fascinating in Jensen is perseverance, even when the markets for the business didn't exist
I credit my research that led me to Emily ava milligan, a top fund manager, rather than luck. Going from 300 grand to where I am now was certainly not a stroke of luck
similar to yours, I pulled in 105 grand last months despite the market drop, thanks to my fund manager. It's great to see others highlight victories
The talk is full of good inspirational quote. This one in particular: "You want the company to be lazy about doing things that other people always/can do. If somebody else can do it, let them do it. We should go select the things that: if we didn't do it, the world would fall apart. If I don't do this, it won't get done"
Everyday i life with "If i can't do it my family will fall apart" that's why I'm so intense about success.
how does creating over priced graphics cards for gaming computers gonna save the world?? how does it prevent the world from "falling apart" . dumbest thing ever.
@@Zooom88the gaming world bro. 😂 just joking
@@Zooom88 really, even i wondered this. Can someone answer this?
Universal access to gaming cards was the reason AI (as we see it today) was founded to begin with and continues to thrive amongst the 1000s of researchers worldwide. Gaming is more than just fun - it's eventual goal is to simulate reality to a point of indistinguishability - where everything obeys the laws of physics - and that's the ultimate form of digitization that can exist. And we know how much was created via the digitization of things - imagine simulating climate ?. Ray Tracing, Optix, DLSS were all part of this journey and games are the killer application which is also a "market" which helped and is continuing Nvidia to help realize its goal.
Every Denny’s employee should be proud of what they’re doing ❤
Our kids living in a virtual world. Yej! Super!!! No more outside
It s not the technologies it is about how parents raise their their kids….
Damn, a real CEO that I really enjoy listening to. The way he talks it's so easy to understand everything he says, I want to be a leader like him someday.
When he said he did the dishwasher very well and Everyone laughed, it was no joke.
Proud of Taiwanese！Great man Jensen Huang🎉🎉🎉
-999999999 social credit
He's Chinese
@@pkrent3461there is no social credit fool
taiwanese are chinese too
I think he's American 😂
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Sincerely it's best to seek an advisor right now, unless you're canny yourself. As a business owner in both the service industry and eBay reseller of all product categories, I can tell you we’re in a deep recession and everyone is running out of money.
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Jensen Huang is widely regarded as the best CEO in the world 🌎, and I hold unwavering confidence in investing in Nvidia due to his exemplary leadership skills.
I love this interview! Jensen is such a GOAT! From on Taiwanese to another ~~
Hands down, one of best CEO ever!! Thanks for nudging the world in a good direction and set a good stage for us, the rising generation!
One of the best CEOs...grammar
Love the word choice “nudging”
Love the word choice “nudging”
Jensen is awesome and his leadership and vision is a major reason NVDIA has been my largest stock holding for several years now. He has a little bit of a blind spot on AI safety issues, but he is as good as it gets in terms of significant AI business leaders alive today. I founded my company the same year as Jensen, 1993, and can recognize a good CEO when I see or hear one. Been following him for years. He is A+++.
Congrats for holding NVDA stocks! True diamond hands right here
I just watched another interview with him saying AI safety if #1
Can I get some money?
Salute ❤ NVDA
All in NVIDIA❤ Jensen is such a great leader! Energetic, innovative, persistent, enthusiastic, devoting, and caring. Also very humorous and humble. Really a delight to hear his talk.
That is the mistake i made. I sold all of my NVIDIA in the rally run to 300$. Afterwards i realised it is better to buy and hold a company with great innovation and competent management team. Bought a small stake back in much higher at 450$ and didnt even look at it. I just know i want Nvidia to drop so that I can build a big stake in it. ;)
"Have a core belief, gut check it everyday, persuade with all your might, persuade it for very long time, surround yourself with people you love and take them on that right" - Jensen Huang, Nvidia
".... take them on the ride." Ride not right.
0:28: 💡 Engineer at LSI Logic joins founders from Sun to build a new company. 5:20: ⚖ Importance of having a good past and reputation in business relationships. 10:38: 💡 Challenges faced by a technology company in the graphics industry led to the need for innovation and adaptation. 16:07: ⚙ Development of CG for GPUs led to innovative applications in computation and medical imaging. 21:20: ⚙ Importance of early indicators and core beliefs in product development at Nvidia. 26:28: ⚙ Staying true to your core beliefs and values is essential for making decisions and navigating challenges in the workplace. 31:39: 💡 Empowering others through reasoning, problem-solving, and learning from interactions with smart individuals. 36:58: ⚙ Advancements in generative AI and accelerated computing allow for understanding and digitization of various data types. 41:39: 💡 Reinventing organizational structure for innovation and empowerment. 51:36: ⚙ Accelerating technology advancements in cybersecurity and regulatory standards is crucial. Recapped using Tammy AI
Very nice
You summarized it very nicely
I really like this
This deserves a pin from the uploader
Thank you Standford for uploading this amazing episode on KZhead. I learned a lot from Mr. Jensen while I’m in Somalia. This is the future.
Jensen takes good care of his people. Next week, all Nvidians around the world have extra two days off with full pay. It's Jensen's way of saying 'thank you for the good work, now take a break and spend some time with your loved ones'.
Delightful interview. Congratulations to Jensen and everyone who drove and built NVIDIA to the company it is today.
我在不打开字幕的前提下努力全程观看了这个将近一个小时的访谈，感觉能理解80%的对话内容，且有所收获。感谢黄仁勋所分享的理念，也感谢他纯正流利的英语发音。 将来我还会不止一次重温本视频，谢谢。
这个视频就是中文的啊
@@user-xiaoyaoniangwangbo 你说的对
加油 我比你菜 我看字幕可以根据发音来想到单词 我还需要努力
你说的对
我雙語都通，看視頻不用字幕，在你下面留言又輕而易舉地打注音符號，真是爽。
Jensen Huang said : You can make up a great interview, you can even have a bad interview. But you can’t run away from your past, so have a good past, try to have a good past. WOW 🤩,it’s really amazing interview.
Simply amazing. Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, nailed the interview. And quite fruitful interview
Wow - hearing Jensen Huang speak, it is crystal clear to me why this guy is such a successful leader. Yes he is humble and smart, that is very evident but he absolutely gets his purpose as a leader. To inspire his employees to do their best work on worthy things that will create & drive future markets. Amen to that.
Sounds like you are not averse to the Corporation. Just remember, the only job that man has is talking and pandering.
He is such a smart guy. Jensen has been a huge inspiration to me for a long time. This was awesome to watch.
I think the stock and crypto market will go sideways or down just slightly over the next 6 months. I'm hopeful there won't be anymore interest rate increases. The restart of student loan payments should be more than enough to get inflation in check. Personally, I think student loan payments should have resumed a year and a half ago. We probably could have avoided a lot of the inflation that has occurred over that time. It may have even been "transient" inflation as many were calling it back then. Early/mid 2025, interest rates should start dropping and the stock market will head to the moon. when news gets bearish start buying. "Keep it simple" that bear/ correction was the best thing that happened me.
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Top 5 CEOs of our generation. What a beast.
This is the therapy and encouragement that I needed. If I think like Jensen Huang, I will have fewer problems in my life.
Jensen's insights on focusing on unique contributions are spot on. For entrepreneurs, remember that your early partnerships can be pivotal; NVIDIA's synergy with EA is a classic example of how aligning with the right collaborators can amplify your impact and drive mutual success. Always look for those who complement and elevate your vision.
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I agree, based on personal experience working with an investment advisor, I currently have $650k in a well diversified portfolio, that has experienced exponential growth. It is not about having money to invest in stocks,but also you need to be knowledgeable, persistent,and have strong hands to back it up.
How can I participate in this?I sincerely aspire to establish a secure financial future and am eager to participate.who is the driving force behind your success?.
I'm using a strategic Counselor Marie Ann Treloar as a licensed Fin. adviser she's good at what she does. You can actually browse about her for detailed info.
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really amazed at the interviewer. he has prepared well. All the questions are open ended, chronological , and significant for the students.
Thanks to both of you ❤❤
the best part is him talking about the the US corporate pyramid and how it treats employees as slaves. He deserves a huge credit for going so hard on this topic especially for this audience, thank you @NVIDIA and Jensen
Thank you Jensen! This is the most valuable video I have watched this past 2 years. Sharing this with my friends at MIT ADSP now.
A good interview with a person who is one of those who changes our Present. All the best to everyone.
Really an inspiring man! Thanks for putting asian excellence on the map sir
Interviewer did very well in presenting and leading everything. We learned from him as well.
This is the best interviewer I've ever had a chance to listen to.
Was not what I was expecting. Refreshing conversation on how to be bold take risk but be open for inspiration.
Jensen is awesome and his leadership and vision is a major reason NVDIA has been my largest stock holding for several years now!
Listen to this guy first time and I know he has a good work ethic. One of the reason his company is worth a lot
Jensen Huang This guy is direct, frank, practical n a genius!!! His company minted tons of multimillionaires via its share price God bless!!! Tks, Jensen Wud be forever grateful!!! We luv you, Jensen !!! Shoutout from Wall Street, Manhattan, NYC!!!
One of the most insightful interviews I've seen in long time. Kudos to the interviewer who came prepared with good questions and also interjected some good humor
I suspect if every government had politicians like Jensen Huang the world would be a better place.
I will be forever grateful to you, you changed my entire life and I will continue to preach on your behalf for the whole world to hear you saved me from huge financial debt with just a small investment, thank you Victoria Wiezorek.
Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing her been mentioned here also Didn’t know she has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, I'm in my fifth trade with her and it has been super.
She is my family's personal Broker and also a personal Broker to many families in the United states, she is a licensed broker and a FINRA AGENT in the United States.
Really you people know her? I was even thinking that I'm the only one she has helped walk through the fears and falls of trading.
I'm new at this, please how can I reach her?
SHE'S MOSTLY ON TELEGRAMS, USING THE USERNAME
I totally agree, #JensenHuang! #empowerment #transparency #believe
What a beautiful soul Jenson Huang is. ❤❤❤❤ Amazing man.
Honestly I saved this video and watch it 10 min at a time. What he's saying is so insightful on how to successfully carry out a project, and so dense, that 10 min of it gave me plenty thinking points to ruminate
We need more CEOs like him, who acts on their core belief, not based on KPIs or whatever Wall Street says.
Lol. You must be a non pc gamer.
These are the kind of men I would like to be in charge of world politics.
I could listen to Mr. Huang speak all day.
Jensen... What a remarkable and grounded leader !
This is was very insightful, thank you Stanford and Jensen!
"Have a Core Belief"......most important...excellent...CEO
From humble beginnings... Great interview!
Thank you Standford for uploading this amazing episode on KZhead. I learned a lot from Mr. Jensen while I’m in Indonesia.
What a delightful conversation, inspiring man
Great video! Thanks for sharing
thank to Jensen and NVIDA, giving my first $100m in stock market
This is the spirit to inspiring others never give up. Give others hopes, world better because of you! So that is what I think.
I can concur , you have to try to be the best in any job you do. It teaches you the patterns of thought to succeed in the next bigger better job.
41:27 every now and then when learning physics and other things I go back to first principles. It helps me realize how far I’ve come and how it all started. It helps me connect the dots and put stuff together
Great interview, thanks for sharing!
LISTEN...... THIS GUY IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF...... JUST BE THE BEST AT WHAT YOU DO... WORK HARD AND YOU'LL GET THERE!!!! RESPECT TO JENSEN HUANG!!!!!!
Love listening to Jensen speak! His old one from 10 years ago in 480p is still gold.
Thank you, dear Jensen! Excellent! You made your point! Keep up good work ! Thanks to Stanford Graduate school for sharing this wonderful interview video!
it's very interesting to know that the NVIDIA tech was early/transformative across all fields of drug design, etc - not just gaming
And they're good at all of it
Glad to found this video while drafting our business plan, and right at 21 minutes, I was also at creating the table for our KPIs. Talk about synchronicities.
This is so inspiring.. I'd watch it few times for sure!!
That was so refreshing. Some fun stories and great advice for the next generation.
He made a surprise appearance at Oregon State University yesterday since he was there to donate 50 million to the university, and I was lucky enough to shake his hand since I was sitting in the front row. Super cool dude, very humble and passionate about where he came from. Go beavers!
Jensen is running 2T$ company, thanks for organising and enabling us listening his incredible story.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge. Im from Sri Lanka.
This video is love at first sight! 😨❤️🔥
I watched his keynote.. it was awesome. Really great techno use-cases are coming out of NVIDIA and really change the face of society.
I must say that the interview was really insightful. Thank you for sharing.
I've always argued that the whole school of management is in the dish pit. There are many executives that have never washed dishes or even grasp that the process of management exists. MBA education didn't start until the 70's and executive pay went up and dreams went out the window. But the school of dish pits will live as wise monks exist. If you can wash dishes you know how to plan, organize, actuate and, the step most people forget is, control ie. put the spotty items back through the process. You learn how to prioritize because you deal with resources, pressure and people. There is another important insight here. Often the lowest paid is the operator of the most expensive machinery in an operation. One can be trained but few figure it out. A day in a dish pit is a measure of whether candidates should get the exec suite. Jensen Huang is a phenomenal leader because he knows how to be present when he washes dishes or any carries out any other task. May his humility continue to serve him and us well.
Never knew this guy will be that charismatic
"If I won't do this, it won't get done" - amazing
Thanks so much for this! The color of the thumbnail made me taught something bad happened...
Shantam did an amazing job interviewing
Appreciate it Neel :)
great video! I needed to hear this today. I’m often tempted to practice every fundamental with a shallow approach. However, I have the most “aha” moments when I focus on one thing and explore possibilities
The mindset can drive us towards incredible things.
I am empowered from his methodology of doing things.Thanks❤
Very grounded and humble beginnings
Thanks for sharing many great insights into the future of work
There's a tool that only a few hundred people in the world have access. You can literally take a picture of anyone and the tool gives you ALL information about that person. Jensen Huang reportedly uses every time he's out in a conference /dinner and wants to know more about potential partners. This man holds so much power.
I had to listen to your great SGB interview twice. So articulate that you make it sound easy, and I know it is not. So, I decided to include an excerpt from my writing. “When you dare the mind, it can go to the depth of the past and reach for the horizon of the future of its uncharted realms to the surprise of everyone including the self.” Copyright (C) 2023 By Mari M.H.
One thing I think will remain with me from this talk is "I go forward in time, and I look backward"
Dude is a clairvoyant. He bet his entire company on A.I TEN years before anyone had an inkling idea and put the United States on the FOREFRONT of A.I technology today and he's just getting started. PC? Internet? Mobil? Cloud? Sure, they were important, but PALES compares to A.I. Just you wait and see.
Inspiring! He is a combination of a great , innovative and humble leader,
😂 great stuff, thanks for sharing the experience and yourself my dude
I saw that your son’s so successful to do his business, what a wonderful job.
This man was CEO at the same company for 30+ years, which is unheard of in the Silicon valley culture 🤯
Nice interview and great insights