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Jensen Huang

NVIDIA
Founder-CEO
Contributors
Phoenix Baker
Product Manager
Lana Steiner
Product Designer
Drew Cano
Frontend Engineer
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Situational Background

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s founder-CEO since 1993, exemplifies visionary persistence, teaching through action, and craft pride. He holds along view while shipping steady progress, translating complex ideas into demos people can feel. Huang sets high standards, praises effort, and invites tough questions. Distinctive for combining ambition with discipline and for educating markets and teams, he models grit, clarity, and generosity with knowledge—qualities that fit any innovative organisation.

Practical Leadership Principles

1) Vision with stamina.


Keep the destination clear and walk toward it daily.
Behaviours to model:

  • State the long-term aim in one sentence.
  • Mark weekly visible progress.
  • Remove one obstacle each day.

2) Teach what you build.


Share understanding so others can contribute.
Behaviours to model:

  • Replace long decks with short demos.
  • Explain decisions in plain language.
  • Invite hard questions and answer directly.

3) Pride in the craft.


Quality is respect for customers and colleagues.
Behaviours to model:

  • Celebrate detail done right.
  • Review work against a short checklist.
  • Fix defects without blame, fast.

Call to action

Write your one-line vision, pick a small proof you can show this week, and schedule a brief demo to teach others what changed.