Nvidia: Technology Hardly Ever Matters

Jen-Hsun Huang
Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Nvidia

"I'm introverted. I don't really like being with people. You can tell an introvert versus an extrovert depending on how they relate to people: If I go to a party, I'm not energized, I'm exhausted. I can't wait to leave. I shouldn't be leading a business--I even hate traveling.

"Probably in 1986, I read this paper in the Harvard Business Review. I was an engineer at LSI Logic ( LSI - news - people ), and I might have stayed an engineer there the rest of my life. Brian Halla (the CEO at National Semiconductor ( NSM - news - people )) told me to read this paper though. [Read more...]