Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang, born 17 February 1963 in Tainan, Taiwan, is the co-founder, CEO, and president of NVIDIA — the company whose AI-accelerator GPU chips have made it one of the most valuable companies in the world (briefly reaching the world's #1 market cap in 2024–2025).

His Parents

Father: Lung Huang — chemical engineer who worked at Air Products, Taiwan.

Mother: Lo Huang — elementary school teacher.

His Brother

Jensen has one elder brother who remained in Taiwan.

His Childhood

Jensen and his elder brother were sent to live with an uncle in Tacoma, Washington, in 1973 when Jensen was nine — initially placed at Oneida Baptist Institute, a Christian boarding-and-boys-reform school in Kentucky (his parents had thought it was a regular boarding school). His parents eventually emigrated to Oregon to join the children.

His Wife: Lori Mills

Lori Huang, née Lori Mills, was a classmate of Jensen's at Oregon State University, where they both studied engineering. They married in the 1980s.

Their Children

Spencer Huang, born ~1991 — son; works at various startups.

Madison Huang, born ~1993 — daughter; until 2019 worked at Nvidia.

The Huang Family Tree at a Glance

Parents: Lung Huang (chemical engineer); Lo Huang (elementary teacher).

Brother: Elder brother who remained in Taiwan.

Wife: Lori Huang née Mills (Oregon State engineering classmate).

Children: Spencer Huang (~1991); Madison Huang (~1993).

Jensen Huang:

  • Born 17 February 1963, Tainan, Taiwan
  • Sent to live with uncle in US at 9 (1973); attended Oneida Baptist Institute briefly
  • Aloha High School, Aloha, Oregon
  • Oregon State University (BS Electrical Engineering, 1984)
  • Stanford University (MS Electrical Engineering, 1992)
  • AMD (1984–1985); LSI Logic (1985–1993)
  • Co-founded Nvidia with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem at a Denny's diner in San Jose, 5 April 1993
  • President and CEO of NVIDIA since founding

What the Huang Family Story Teaches Us

A chemical-engineer father. A teacher mother. Two boys sent across the Pacific at 9 to live with an uncle. An accidental placement at a Kentucky reform school. A reunited family in Oregon. A college-sweetheart engineer wife. Two children, one of whom worked at her father's company. A company founded at a Denny's that became, briefly, the most valuable in the world.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Huang story carries the same lesson. Migration sometimes happens through children before it happens through parents. The Huang boys arrived in the US years before their parents. Write down which family members moved when. Sometimes the children prepare the way for the parents, not the other way around.

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