Nvidia’s technological prowess has propelled the chip giant to commanding heights in the red-hot artificial intelligence space.
But a former employee provided key insight into CEO Jensen Huang’s management philosophy, which also played a key role in the company’s meteoric rise.
Rene Haas, CEO of British chipmaker Arm, worked at Nvidia in the early 2010s and said Financial Times that Juan organized the company around projects rather than a traditional hierarchy, allowing him to access every level of management and get answers directly.
“It’s a very unique culture,” Haas told the magazine F.T.. “The benefit of this is transparency and speed. And I think that’s one of the things that Nvidia is really, really good at. They move very, very quickly, they are very, very driven.”
That speed was on full display earlier this month when Huang surprised Wall Street by quickly unveiling new artificial intelligence platforms.
Last week, he said Nvidia plans to update its AI accelerators every year, announcing a Blackwell Ultra chip in 2025 and a next-generation platform in development called Rubin in 2026.
The Computex trade show in Taiwan last week added to ongoing optimism about the AI and chip sector, helping briefly lift Nvidia’s market capitalization past the $3 trillion mark for the first time in history. This capped an epic rally in which the company stock have skyrocketed more than 3,100% in the past five years and more than 200% in the last year alone.
During this process, Juan’s personal wealth also increased. On Friday, he overtook Michael Dell to become the 13th richest person in the world with a net worth of $106.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
For his part, Huang, who is among 22 CEOs who founded Fortune 500 companies, admitted that he is a demanding perfectionist and not easy to work with.
“That’s how it should be. If you want to do extraordinary things, it shouldn’t be easy,” he said. 60 minutes in April.