Nvidia’s rise to US$3 trillion fuels ‘Jensanity’ in the tech world

Many IT commentators credit Jensen Huang’s company with putting Taiwan and Computex on the map. (Image: Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg)

Bloomberg

Sat, 15 Jun 2024

By Vlad Savov, Jane Lanhee Lee and Takashi MochizukiJensen Huang wasn’t on the official Computex 2024 programme, but he didn’t need to be.The Nvidia billionaire led an unprecedented cast of tech glitterati to the world’s biggest computing conference in Taiwan, where he effortlessly upstaged the likes of Intel's Pat Gelsinger – without a single official keynote address or session. From packing a 4,000-seat sports stadium to paparazzi-fuelled night-market jaunts, the leather jacket-clad CEO and his US$3 trillion (...

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