Inside Jensen Huang’s luxury homes: From a $185,000 San Jose house to a $38 million San Francisco mansion – How the Nvidia billionaire built his property portfolio

Jensen Huang has stepped down as Nvidia CEO after 33 years, bringing an unexpected end to his run at the company he co-founded in 1993. CFO Colette Kress will take over as interim CEO while Nvidia searches for a permanent successor. The announcement comes amid reports of two alleged affairs and questions over possible national security risks. Nvidia shares have also come under pressure.

Away from the boardroom, another part of Huang’s life is drawing attention; his property wealth. He and his wife, Lori, have built a collection of luxury homes across California and Hawaii. Their three major properties have a combined reported purchase price of nearly $53 million. The journey began with a modest home in San Jose that sold for $185,000 in 1988. Today, it includes a $38 million San Francisco mansion overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

Jensen Huang’s $53 Million Property Portfolio

Their reported purchase prices total $52.7 million. This is not a current valuation. It is what the Huangs reportedly paid, and the homes may be worth more or less today.

A $38 million address in San Francisco

The largest purchase came in 2017, when Huang and his wife, Lori, bought a limestone mansion in Pacific Heights for $38 million. The house at 2712 Broadway had been listed for $40 million. San Francisco real-estate site SocketSite confirmed the sale price through deed and tax records. It set a city record.

The 11,400-square-foot home has seven bedrooms, a terrace with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, a three-car garage, two wine rooms, an outdoor kitchen, an elevator, a theatre and a gym. Developer Bill Campbell told The Wall Street Journal that construction took almost four years.

The deed names Riva LLC as the buyer. Realtor.com reported that the company is managed by Michael A. Chojnacki, a tax lawyer who handles financial matters for the Huang family. This links the property to the couple, although the home is held through an LLC rather than listed directly in their names.

The address puts Huang among some of San Francisco’s wealthiest residents. Oracle founder Larry Ellison and members of the Getty family have lived nearby.

A home near Nvidia came first

The couple began their major property purchases in 2003, paying $6.9 million for a home in Los Altos Hills. The two-storey estate covers more than 7,000 square feet, has six bedrooms and includes landscaped grounds and a pool. It is about 15 miles from Nvidia’s headquarters.

Nvidia went public in 1999, four years before the purchase. Huang had co-founded the company in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. The Los Altos Hills home came during Nvidia’s early years as a public company, long before the AI boom made Huang one of the world’s richest people.

His earlier homes were modest. The couple once owned a three-bedroom, 1,500-square-foot house in San Jose, which sold for $185,000 in 1988.

Maui became the family retreat

In 2004, the Huangs bought a home in Wailea, on Maui’s south coast. Realtor.com gives the price as $7.8 million, while a recent account cited $7.5 million. That difference is one reason to treat the $53 million total as an estimate, not an exact figure.

The Maui property covers about 8,000 square feet and has seven bedrooms. It sits inside a gated enclave of 14 homes spread across a 10.5-acre oceanfront site at Wailea Resort. The house was completed around 2008.

Unlike the California properties, the Maui home is not close to Nvidia’s offices. It gives the family a base in a resort area known for its beaches and golf courses.

The purchases were spread over 14 years; a home near Nvidia, a property in Hawaii and, later, a major San Francisco mansion. The locations point to convenience, privacy and lifestyle. They do not amount to a sprawling commercial real-estate operation.

There is no clear public evidence that the houses are run as a rental business. They are reported as family residences. Property can appreciate, but there is no basis to assume these homes generate rental income or were bought primarily for profit.

The $52.7 million purchase total is small beside Huang’s estimated $174 billion fortune, cited by Realtor.com from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It is about 0.03% of that estimate. Most of his wealth is tied to Nvidia shares, which means it moves with the company’s stock.