But Jensen Huang is both (1) extremely technically competent, and (2) a founder of Nvidia. My sense is that both (1), and the (1) && (2) combination, correlate

But Jensen Huang is both (1) extremely technically competent, and (2) a founder of Nvidia. My sense is that both (1), and the (1) && (2) combination, correlate fairly strongly with accepting a more-modest pay package. Such people seem to actually care about the organization. Or appreciate that others are doing 99.9% of the work. Or lack "the usual" pretend-to-be-emperor-while-looting-Rome sociopathy. Or something.