Jensen Huang: What could be next professional life destination after Nvidia for 'Taylor Swift of tech'?

Jensen Huang has an estimated net worth of USD 145 billion. Former Nvidia CEO is often called the "Taylor Swift of tech". He is also known as the "Daddy Huang" in Taiwan.

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Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia CEO. (AP photo)

Jensen Huang on Thursday resigned as CEO of Nvidia after reports of twin extra-marital affairs of the Artificial Intelligence boss with Alice Huang or Huang Le and Kimberly Powell rocked the global AI business. Nvidia stock price today plunged over 13 per cent as the company is staring at a wipe off of more than half a trillion dollars, as per reports.

Nvidia's executive vice president and chief financial officer Colette Kress has been appointed as the new interim CEO. However, all eyes are on Jensen Huang with may trying to guess what will be Nvidia co-founder's next move.

Jensen Huang Net Worth, Professional Future


Huang has been the cynosure of all eyes and is often called the "Taylor Swift of tech". He is also known as the "Daddy Huang" in Taiwan. The 63-year-old global face of AI has an estimated net worth of USD 145 billion.

While the scrutiny against Huang will continue, he won't be short of lucrative offers from other tech giants.

In a memo to employees on Sunday, Huang acknowledged being unfaithful to his wife and took "full responsibility" but gave no details about the relationship.
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US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Huang on Monday and the CEO told him that he did not know the woman linked to him was allegedly ⁠a spy. Huang ​is one of Trump's closest allies in Silicon Valley, and the relationship between the two dates to at least 2025.

Huang faces a potential congressional ​subpoena if he doesn't respond to a request to provide a closed-door briefing about the allegations of his affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.

Jensen Huang-Elon Musk Collaboration?

Tech industry analysts say Huang is a one of a kind businessman and enjoys tremendous political backing including that of US President Donald Trump. Huang always showed interest in a possible future collaboration with Elon Musk. On Wednesday, replying to a post on 'X' Musk said it would be an honor to hire Huang his companies.
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Earlier in August, Musk said that his company SpaceX decided to build exclusively on Nvidia. It will be interesting to see whether two of genius minds indeed collaborate in near future or not.

Jensen Huang Personal Life
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In a June interview with The Associated Press in Texas, Huang said many people are unaware he is actually “deeply boring.”

“I worry about my family, I care about my family. I worry about my job, I care about my company — I cycle through those two things. I am doing one of those two things at all times,” he said, adding that he gets the most joy out of watching “Kingdom of Heaven,” his favorite movie, with his family.

“Nothing gives me more joy than to hang out with my family and that’s all I do. Between those two things, that’s all I do,” Jensen said.

Given the current scenario, it will be interesting to see whether, Huang manages to maintain a healthy lifestyle with his wife and children.
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