Nvidia's technological prowess has given the semiconductor giant a commanding position in the hotly anticipated artificial intelligence field.
But former employees offered important insight into CEO Jensen Huang's management philosophy, which has been key to the company's rapid growth.
Rene Haas, CEO of British chip designer Arm, worked at Nvidia in the early 2010s. Financial Times Huang organized the company around projects rather than traditional hierarchical structures, giving him access to and direct answers at every level of management.
“It's a very unique culture,” Haas said. FT“The benefit is transparency and speed. And I think that's one of the things that Nvidia is really good at. They move very fast and are very purposeful.”
That speed was on full display earlier this month, when Huang stunned Wall Street with the launch of a string of new AI platforms.
Last week he unveiled the Blackwell Ultra chip for 2025 and its next-generation platform, Rubin, in the works for 2026, and said Nvidia plans to upgrade its AI accelerators every year.
The Computex trade show in Taiwan last week spurred continued bullishness on the AI and chip sectors and helped propel Nvidia's market capitalization past the $3 trillion mark for the first time, the culmination of an epic rally that has seen the company's shares soar more than 3,100% in the past five years and more than 200% in the last year alone.
In the process, Hwang's personal wealth has also soared: On Friday, he surpassed Michael Dell to become the world's 13th richest person, with a net worth of $106.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Meanwhile, Huang, one of 22 CEOs to have founded Fortune 500 companies, acknowledges that he is a demanding perfectionist and difficult to work with.
“It should be. If you want to do something extraordinary, it shouldn't be easy,” he said. 60 minutes During April.
This story originally appeared on Fortune.com.
