""My mom taught me English, and she doesn't speak English," Huang said. "And that kind of tells you all." Huang was born in Taiwan, and his family moved to Thailand before he and his older brother were sent to the US when he was nine for a better education. He has previously said that his mother, who spoke Taiwanese Hokkien, began teaching them English to prepare them for the move to the US."
"He said that his mother used a "piece of paper and a dictionary" to teach him the language, even though she could not read English. "In a lot of ways that kind of defines Nvidia, kind of defines me," he said. "I approach almost everything from the perspective of, 'How hard can it be?'" Huang cofounded the chipmaking company in 1993 and took it public in 1999. Nvidia reached a $5 trillion valuation last month, driven by the AI boom."
"Huang said things can turn out "to be really hard," such as being a first-time CEO, raising money for Nvidia, or writing a business plan, which he had never done before. "Staying in the game is in fact most of it," he said. "I was able to do what I'm doing today because I didn't get bored and I didn't get fired""
Jensen Huang learned English from his mother, who did not speak English, using a piece of paper and a dictionary. He moved from Taiwan to Thailand, then to the US at age nine for education. His mother's approach instilled a mindset of tackling difficult tasks and asking, "How hard can it be?" That mindset informs Nvidia's culture and his leadership style, emphasizing persistence, open and honest communication, and hands-on management with many direct reports. Nvidia, cofounded in 1993 and public since 1999, reached a $5 trillion valuation driven by the AI boom. Huang attributes sustained success to staying in the game and not getting bored or fired.
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