Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, was a dishwasher at the age of 15. He later became a waiter and eventually a supervisor, but he continued to work hard, earning a master's degree in electrical engineering and eventually founding Nvidia. Until 2014, Nvidia was known as a computer chip manufacturer, but with the advent of artificial intelligence, the company began to advance its chips further. Today, Nvidia's chips are used by every major company, including Microsoft and OpenAI, powering their software.
After the AI revolution, Nvidia's stock price skyrocketed, reaching over $1,000 per share. If you had invested $1,000 in Nvidia in 1999, your investment would be worth $2.8 million today. If you had invested $10,000, it would be equivalent to $28 million.
As of 2024, Nvidia was generating $60.92 billion in annual revenue from computer chip sales, with a market value of $2.6 trillion. The CEO's net worth was $91.1 billion. This post is a year old, and since then, the company's revenue has increased by 114.2% to $130.497 billion, with a market value of $3.201 trillion, and Jensen's net worth has reached $117 billion.
The US isn't ahead by chance. Every person gets an opportunity to open up their mind and share their ideas in a conducive environment. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen, is from Taiwan, a country that was once a bitter enemy of the US. Yet, today, a citizen of that same enemy country has become a billionaire in the US, shaping the future of computer technology worldwide.
This is the secret to a country's progress: if your country attracts foreign talent, it's on the right track. Conversely, if your citizens are leaving the country, it's a sign that the country is struggling.