CEO NVIDIA
Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA. Taiwanese-American entrepreneur who built NVIDIA into the dominant AI chip supplier.
At Nvidia's November 2025 GTC conference, Jensen Huang gave 'a shout-out for Secretary Chris Wright' (a climate denier) and advocated for gas, coal, and oil to power AI data centers. Huang praised Trump's energy policy for allowing AI scaling and used language like 'Make America rich again.' Observers called the tone 'devotional' to Trump.
In October 2025, Jensen Huang confirmed NVIDIA is donating to Trump's White House ballroom project, calling it 'a historic and national monument.' He also attended a $1M/person Mar-a-Lago dinner and closed his October 2025 keynote saying 'Thank you for your service in making America great again.'
Unlike Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, Nvidia under Jensen Huang has not announced cuts to DEI programs as of May 2025. The company maintained its Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives in its 2024 Sustainability Report. However, Nvidia has decreased workforce diversity data transparency since 2022, lagging peers like AMD and Intel.
Jensen Huang did not attend Trump's January 20, 2025 inauguration, unlike most major tech CEOs. He was instead in Beijing for Nvidia's annual meeting, telling reporters 'We have many partners in China, we have been working here for about 25 years... we will continue to cooperate.' Nvidia still donated $1M to the inauguration fund.