Jensen Huang led Nvidia to a market cap of $4 trillion. Here’s the strategy of the co-founder and CEO of the company with the world’s highest market cap.
In July 2025, Nvidia made history by becoming the first Wall Street-listed company to surpass a $4 trillion market cap. A milestone that, until a few years ago, seemed unattainable for a company that began as a manufacturer of video game graphics cards. Credit for this rise goes largely to Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO, who transformed the company into a leading player in the artificial intelligence revolution.
With a personal stake of 3.5% in Nvidia, Huang has reached a net worth of approximately $143 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, officially entering the top 10 richest people in the world, just shy of Warren Buffett ($144 billion).
Who is Jensen Huang: the visionary behind the Nvidia revolution
Jensen Huang, born in 1963 in Taipei, moved to the United States as a child. After studying electrical engineering, he founded Nvidia in 1993 with the goal of reinventing the way computers process information. His leadership has always been characterized by bold vision and an extraordinary ability to anticipate technological transformations.
Over the years, he has guided Nvidia through crucial strategic turning points, from the invention of GPUs for gaming to the insight to adapt the same technologies for artificial intelligence and deep learning. In 2007, Nvidia launched CUDA, a software platform that made its GPUs programmable for AI applications, creating an ecosystem of over 5 million developers and making it nearly impossible for competitors to close the technological gap.
Huang’s philosophy is based on a combination of ambition, discipline, and a healthy "fear of failure," as his biographer Stephen Witt also described. Nvidia’s CEO is known for his relentless work pace and ability to quickly adapt to change and continually revise business plans to embrace the most disruptive innovations. "If you want to build something great, you have to be willing to suffer and fight," Huang said, emphasizing how resilience is central to his managerial vision.
Huang’s strategy to take Nvidia off the ground
Nvidia’s journey to the top of the world isn’t just explained by the quality of its chips. Huang has adopted a "full stack" strategy, integrating hardware, software, and networking. The 2019 acquisition of Mellanox enabled the company to offer complete data center solutions, while its push toward generative AI has also seen the company invest in the development of proprietary models and tools.
Another key element was Huang’s attitude toward risk and adaptability. Nvidia has reinvented itself repeatedly, from gaming to deep learning to cloud computing. Despite pressure from customers seeking to produce chips in-house, Nvidia has continued to innovate, launching new generations of microprocessors and forging strategic alliances in Europe and the Middle East, compensating for market constraints.
The corporate culture fostered by Huang is characterized by ambition and inclusivity, but also by the understanding that success is always temporary and must be defended day after day. His internationally recognized leadership has inspired an entire generation of entrepreneurs and managers, demonstrating that innovation is not just a matter of technology, but above all of vision and determination.
Original article published on Money.it Italy. Original title: Come ha fatto Jensen Huang a fare di Nvidia la società più preziosa al mondo
