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Five years ago, Jensen Huang was worth $3 billion. Now he's worth sub $100 billion. Must be nice to go from Scrooge McDuck to ruler-of-the-universe level. 1- h

Five years ago, Jensen Huang was worth $3 billion. Now he's worth sub $100 billion. Must be nice to go from Scrooge McDuck to ruler-of-the-universe level. 1- https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/05/28/nvidia-ceo-huang-briefly-a-100-billion-man-as-ai-firm-closes-in-on-apple/?sh=2b8600826783 https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/05/28/nvidia-ceo...

alberth 2y ago
This wasn't a quick success ... Jensen started Nvidia 31-years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  I can’t believe I didn’t know until today that Nvidia remains founder lead.
  - st380752143 2y ago
    Which big companies in Silicon Valley are still led by their founders?
    - alberth 2y ago
      https://www.wealthfront.com/explore/collections/18/founder-led-tech https://www.wealthfront.com/explore/collections/18/founder-l... What’s not in the list is Oracle. But in all reality it still is.
thefaux 2y ago
I don't know. There are some benefits to be sure, but I figure that above some threshold (and 3B is definitely above that threshold) it becomes difficult to make new friends without worrying about their ulterior motives.
- riku_iki 2y ago
  there are some multi-millionaires and billionaires clubs likely
- ben_w 2y ago
  The threshold depends where you live; a former partner of mine moved around the world a lot, and in when she was in Nairobi… well, her anecdotes suggest you got that effect from what Americans would consider a middle-class income.
- staticman2 2y ago
  >>>it becomes difficult to make new friends without worrying about their ulterior motives. Isn't the point of being wealthy that you can buy friends, that this is exactly the sort of relationships the wealthy prefer? It's not like anybody is forcing him to keep the money or the shares.
- IncreasePosts 2y ago
  I'm sure any billionaire has that issue. The biggest plus to $3B vs $100B is you can sell stock and buy all your fun toys without risking loss of control of your company.

alberth 2y ago

This wasn't a quick success ... Jensen started Nvidia 31-years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
I can’t believe I didn’t know until today that Nvidia remains founder lead.
- st380752143 2y ago
  Which big companies in Silicon Valley are still led by their founders?
  - alberth 2y ago
    https://www.wealthfront.com/explore/collections/18/founder-led-tech https://www.wealthfront.com/explore/collections/18/founder-l... What’s not in the list is Oracle. But in all reality it still is.

thefaux 2y ago

I don't know. There are some benefits to be sure, but I figure that above some threshold (and 3B is definitely above that threshold) it becomes difficult to make new friends without worrying about their ulterior motives.

riku_iki 2y ago
there are some multi-millionaires and billionaires clubs likely
ben_w 2y ago
The threshold depends where you live; a former partner of mine moved around the world a lot, and in when she was in Nairobi… well, her anecdotes suggest you got that effect from what Americans would consider a middle-class income.
staticman2 2y ago
>>>it becomes difficult to make new friends without worrying about their ulterior motives. Isn't the point of being wealthy that you can buy friends, that this is exactly the sort of relationships the wealthy prefer? It's not like anybody is forcing him to keep the money or the shares.
IncreasePosts 2y ago
I'm sure any billionaire has that issue. The biggest plus to $3B vs $100B is you can sell stock and buy all your fun toys without risking loss of control of your company.