Nvidia Founder and CEO Jensen Huang is not only a technology and business wizard, he also designed a successful strategy for acquiring teenage marriage.
through A lecture last weekend at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technologyawarded an honorary degree, the Silicon Valley titan reflected on his time at Oregon State University, saying he was just 16 when he started and just 17 when he met his future wife, who was 19.
“I was the smallest child in the school, in the class. There were 250 students and three girls,” Huang said. “I was the only student who looked like a kid, and everyone was a kid.”
He was at OSU from 1980 to 1984. According to the schoolHis first-year electrical engineering core lab partner was Lori Mills.
Knowing that her youthful appearance stood out, Huang said she was sure his first impression of her was that she must be very intelligent.
“I walked up to him and said, ‘Do you want to see my homework?'” she recalled.
Huang promised that if they did homework together every Sunday, Lori would get straight A’s. As a result, he had a “date” every Sunday.
He also took advantage of their study sessions by doing homework all day, making sure they spent the whole Sunday together.
In his 20s, Huang wanted to ensure they would marry by vowing to be CEOs by the time he turned 30.
“I didn’t know what I was talking about,” he admitted. “And then we got married. That’s all the advice I’ll give to all entrepreneurs.”
Huang also explained that she had done her homework beforehand so she would have all the answers and look like a genius when she and Lori compared notes.
Five years after meeting, they married, according to OSU. And sure enough, when he had He founded Nvidia in 1993 and became the general manager, he was 30 years old.
Flash forward to 2024: Huang is No. 2 of luck list of 100 the most powerful in business. Nvidia is the chip giant driving the artificial intelligence boom, and its AI hyperscaler customers can’t get enough of its processors.
The company’s market cap was about $3.4 billion at Friday’s market close, and Nvidia has traded places. the apple this year as the most valuable company in the world.
