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Nvidia-Hugging Face Deal Lifts CEO Jensen Huang’s Fortune
Jensen Huang is the leader and co-founder of Nvidia.
Nvidia agreed to buy an AI company called Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion.
After the deal was announced, Nvidia’s share price rose.
Because Huang owns about 3% of Nvidia, his personal wealth also increased.
Forbes estimated that he was worth $198.8 billion, while Bloomberg estimated $191 billion.
Hugging Face makes tools and models that help people build artificial intelligence.
Nvidia says the company will remain open and available to the wider AI community.
Hugging Face’s CEO said the deal would give the platform more resources and scale.
Jensen Huang’s estimated net worth rose after Nvidia confirmed its $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face.
Forbes ranked Huang eighth worldwide at $198.8 billion, while Bloomberg estimated his fortune at $191 billion.
Huang’s wealth is largely tied to his roughly 3% stake in Nvidia, which co-founded in 1993.
Nvidia said the acquisition will expand Hugging Face’s infrastructure and preserve its open-source AI platform.
About $11.9 billion will go to Hugging Face investors, with up to $1 billion allocated for employee retention.
- Who
- Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue.
- What
- Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face in a deal valued at $12,930,300,000, increasing Huang’s estimated fortune after Nvidia shares rose.
- Where
- Hugging Face is based in New York City, while the deal affects Nvidia’s global AI platform and ecosystem.
- When
- Huang announced the agreement in a company blog post dated September 3; the wealth rankings were reported in updates published Friday and Saturday.
- Why
- Nvidia said it wants to scale Hugging Face, strengthen its infrastructure, expand access to AI, and support open models.
Key facts
- Deal value
- $12,930,300,000, or approximately $12.9 billion
- Huang’s Forbes net worth
- $198.8 billion
- Huang’s Bloomberg net worth
- $191 billion
- Huang’s global ranking
- No. 8 on Forbes’ and Bloomberg’s cited billionaire rankings
- Huang’s Nvidia stake
- Approximately 3%
- Investor payment
- About $11.9 billion of the deal proceeds
- Employee retention program
- Up to $1 billion in equity-based compensation
Quotes
Jensen Huang
Nvidia chief executive and co-founder
“As the opportunity for open models accelerates, Hugging Face can serve the global AI community at unprecedented scale. NVIDIA’s infrastructure, engineering and global reach can help improve platform reliability, safety, model evaluation, inference and deployment capabilities, while preserving the open ecosystem that made Hugging Face foundational.”
financialexpress.com
“Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem.”
financialexpress.com
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