Jen-Hsun Huang

Name: Jen-Hsun Huang

Born: February 17, 1963, in Taipei, Taiwan

Computer-related contributions

• Taiwanese-American entrepreneur, businessman and electrical engineer.
• Co-founder, CEO and President of NVIDIA.
• Former designer at AMD.

Honors and awards

• Listed as the 61st highest paid CEO in USA by Forbes Magazine (2008).
• Recipient of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Pioneer Business Leader Award (2007).
• Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award (2003).
• Named Entrepreneur of the Year in High Technology by Ernst and Young LLP (1999).
• Recipient of the Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Management Award from the University of Southern California.