Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, personally reviews the salaries of his entire 42,000-strong workforce — and he does it for every compensation cycle. While AI and machine learning (ML) tools help him process recommendations, the final decisions are made by Huang himself.
Huang’s approach stems from a simple philosophy: when employees are well taken care of, everything else falls into place. He shared his management strategy during a recent podcast, emphasizing fairness, motivation, and a sense of belonging as key drivers of success.
His generosity has had remarkable results. Reports indicate that around 76% of Nvidia employees have become millionaires, with roughly half of the workforce holding a net worth of at least $25 million — largely due to employee stock options — as the company’s value has surged past $4 trillion.
Huang believes that small, skilled teams foster the most creativity and innovation. By focusing on fair compensation and employee satisfaction, Nvidia has transformed into a powerhouse in artificial intelligence, producing chips and GPUs that even power OpenAI’s latest large language model, GPT-5.
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