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Jensen Huang, who has turned Nvidia into the world’s most valuable company, has no clear successor. — Jensen Huang, who has turned Nvidia into the world’s most valuable company, has no clear successor.Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg

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January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC

Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang, the longest-serving chief executive officer in Silicon Valley, was recently asked how he’s managed to stay in the job more than three decades.

“The secret for being CEO for this long is, one: Don’t get fired. And then, two: Don’t get bored,” the 62-year-old said during a company event in Las Vegas earlier this month.