Jensen Huang — The Leather Jacket Kingmaker

Jensen Huang went from a Denny’s booth in 1993 to running a $3.3 trillion company—the most valuable on Earth in 2024—making NVIDIA the cornerstone of the AI revolution. His signature leather jacket has become tech’s power uniform, and his GTC keynotes draw stadium-sized crowds. With a personal net worth of $120 billion, Huang is the semiconductor industry’s first celebrity CEO. At CES, he held up an AI chip like a rock star. NVIDIA’s market cap surpasses any achieved by Steve Jobs during his tenure at Apple, cementing Jensen as the leather-clad kingmaker of the AI age.