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Jensen Huang is the CEO and Founder of NVIDIA
Bill Gates says that “people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in 10 years.”
Jensen is a great example of the 10 (or 30) year side of that:
In a recent talk Jensen said, "To me, no task is beneath me. Because remember I used to wash dishes, and I mean I used to clean toilets. I cleaned a lot of toilets.”
Huang founded Nvidia in 1993, has worked on it tirelessly for 3 decades and still feels although he’s just scratching the surface.
Part of what has allowed him to stay so committed to this company for so long is his passion for the space and the technology.
It’s the only thing that could possibly keep someone so focused and a key Hobby Letter trend.
In his younger days, he did what he had to do…
He was sent to The US at age 9 speaking no english! He lived with Aunt and Uncle.
He was the “#1 Dishwasher at Dennys” starting the gig at age 15 and doing it every summer.
A recent picture of Jensen at a Dennys via Jensen
Jensen went on to study electrical engineering and eventually worked at a handful of related companies before founding Nvidia with $40,000 around the age of 30.
Young Jensen at work - Image Via Nvidia
Fast forward over 30 more years and Nvidia is the leader in the AI space and has a market cap of over 2 Trillion dollars.
Jensen’s grit, passion, resilience and love for the area he’s working in is what made him one of the great founders and leaders of this era.
He still talks about cleaning toilets, his humble beginnings and the advantage it gave him.
It’s what has kept him down to earth this whole time.
He is a Hobby Letter Hall Of Fame Entrepreneur.
He did it his way, with no approval from others and committed his life to that passion.
That is the Hobby Letter dream and way.
I have added some of my favorite Jensen speeches and interviews (Some barely ever seen) linked below for Hobby+ members. Enjoy!
Worth the watch!
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