Key Takeaways Jensen Huang has been CEO of Nvidia since the company’s start in 1993.
In a new talk, Huang says that he approaches problems with a specific attitude.
He learned the mindset from his mom, who taught him English when he was young from a dictionary.
Jensen Huang approaches every new problem with the mindset How hard can it be? — an attitude he learned from his mom.
In a talk at the Cambridge Union earlier this month, the Nvidia CEO explained how his mom used “a piece of paper and a dictionary” to teach him English, even though she didn’t speak the language herself.
Huang, who was born in Taiwan, was sent to the U.S. when he was nine years old for better educational opportunities, per Business Insider. His mother, who spoke Taiwanese Hokkien, started teaching him English before he left to get him ready for the transition.
“My mom taught me English, and she doesn’t speak English,” Huang said at the talk, adding, “In a lot of ways, that kind of defines Nvidia, kind of defines me. I approach almost everything from the perspective of, How hard can it be?“
Jensen Huang. Photo by Yui Mok / POOL / AFP
Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993, immediately stepping into the role of CEO, a title he has now held for 32 years. Under his leadership, Nvidia has grown to the most valuable company in the world, surpassing a market value of $5 trillion last month. Nvidia now has a market capitalization of $4.58 trillion, more than its competitors, including AMD, Intel, Micron and Qualcomm, combined.
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