After Nvidia’s $5 trillion milestone, Jensen Huang races ahead of ex-Microsoft CEO, Dell founder—what is his net worth?
After leading chipmaker Nvidia reached a historic $5 trillion market cap, Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s net worth rose to nearly $180 billion.
according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires IndexJensen Huang’s net worth increased by $5.2 billion to $179.6 billion as of October 30. Nvidia’s shares rose over 5% in Wednesday’s Wall Street session, pushing the company’s market capitalization (M-Cap) to over $5 trillion.
According to the index, Jensen Huang became the eighth richest person in the world, leaving behind former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, whose net worth is $161.9 billion, and Dell founder Michael Dell, whose net worth is $158.1 billion.
The bulk of Huang’s wealth comes from his stake in Nvidia, which he founded with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem in 1993. The Santa Clara, California-based company is a global leader in artificial intelligence chips and computer processors, powering technologies like Sam Altman-led OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Elon Musk’s xAI.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Thailand, Huang has served as president and chief executive of Nvidia since its founding in 1993. The company held its first public offering in 1999.
Bloomberg He reported owning approximately 3.5% of Nvidia as of March 2025 in his own name and family trusts.
Under Huang’s leadership, the company’s H100 and Blackwell processors have driven the broad language models used in tools such as ChatGPT and xAI.
Nvidia’s m-cap reaches $5 trillion
Nvidia’s market cap reached $5 trillion and its share price rose after the company announced it would order $500 billion for AI processors and plans to build seven new supercomputers for the U.S. Department of Energy.
The leading chipmaker has recorded several market capitalization milestones since its billion-dollar valuation in June 2023.
Nvidia’s market capitalization has rapidly surpassed major milestones, first reaching $1 trillion in June 2023 and then reaching $2 trillion in just 180 trading days. Just 66 trading days later, the company’s m-cap reached $3 trillion, and just 273 trading days later, it surpassed the $4 trillion market cap in July.
While Nvidia continues to lead the artificial intelligence race, major technology rivals Apple and Microsoft have recently reached a market value of $ 4 trillion.
On Tuesday, Huang began his keynote speech at a developer conference in Washington by praising U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies and announcing new products and partnerships.
Nvidia continues to lead global AI adoption by constantly creating new deals despite the ongoing US-China trade dispute. This competition may determine which country’s technology is superior in world markets. The leading chipmaker announced plans to invest $1 billion in Nokia, stressing that the funds will be used in part to support AI initiatives.
