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Recent edits mentioning family relative Dr. Lisa Su, CEO of AMD

I notice (currently) redacted edits for both Wikipedia entries about the two rival company CEOs to the effect that Mr. Huang / Ms. Su are "uncle/niece", and that this stemmed from a Chinese video. As I posted to the talk section for Lisa Su (Su Zifeng), a more approachable primary source would be https://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5061946, whose translation may be readily obtained. (This shows that the more accurate familial relationship is that of "first cousins once removed".) James Alien Woods (talk) 04:55, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Lisa Su's page says that she denies He is related to her J mareeswaran (talk) 04:54, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Category:Advanced Micro Devices people

Why is he a member of this category? 87.75.117.183 (talk) 20:05, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Answering my own question, I see he did work there for a while before leaving to found Nvidia. 87.75.117.183 (talk) 20:13, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Proposing to remove sentences

I suggest removing these 3 sentences : "It was designed by Bora Architects of Portland, Oregon and completed in 2010." and "It was designed by CMW Architects of Lexington, Kentucky." and "The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad."

These minor details are only indirectly related to Huang, and don't seem interesting to almost all viewers. There is plenty of content related to Nvidia that would be more interesting for most viewers. We might also improve the readability using bullet points for the awards section. Alenoach (talk) 04:22, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

I applied these modifications, except that I left the sentence "The building is the second of four that make up Stanford's Science and Engineering Quad." I don't know if it should be removed too. Alenoach (talk) 04:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Request semi-protected

I am requesting semi-protected, because there have been multiple IPs changing Taiwan to China or to link to China. Alexysun (talk) 06:26, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: requests for increases to the page protection level should be made at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Hyphenation Expert (talk) 06:40, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Is this notable?

No strong opinion, but I wanted to ask whether these two parts are notable:

1. Huang's roommate at Oneida was illiterate and in exchange for being taught how to read, he taught Huang how to bench press.
2. In 2008, Nvidia contributed funds to establish a classroom at the Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School to cater to 101 elementary and middle school students from regions affected by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. As a gesture of appreciation for the donation, the students ceremoniously bestowed a red scarf upon Huang, symbolizing their gratitude towards him. In return, Huang gifted kaleidoscopes to the students as a gesture of appreciation during the donation ceremony.

The first one looks pretty anecdotal. The second one references a relatively well-reputed Chinese website; but on the other side, the donation seems to come from Nvidia rather than Huang himself, and we don't really have information about the amount, so it's hard to tell how significant it was. There are probably events or topics that readers would consider more notable and informative, for example some mention of his philanthropic foundation. Let me know what you think. Alenoach (talk) 20:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Huang signs his name as Jen-Hsun Huang

Huang signed the original articles of incorporation for Nvidia on April 5, 1993 as "Jen-Hsun Huang". It's very unlikely that Huang would have misspelled his own name on the single most important document he has ever signed. Coolcaesar (talk) 19:22, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

I can't see anyone saying his name isn't spelt that way. What is this a propos of? Marchino61 (talk) 03:06, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Just saw this. We've been having issues with edit wars with people editing his name to Jen-hsun Huang, even though he doesn't spell his name that way. Those stopped after I added a citation to that document. --Coolcaesar (talk) 23:18, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Nationality context in lead

MOS:CONTEXTBIO says use nationality where notable activites occurred, which in Huang's case is in the US as he is most notable as the head of an American company. Dual citizenship is noted in article body and in the infobox. Ethnicity should not be in the intro which is what Taiwanese-American is, Americans with ancestral ties to Taiwan. If a case could be made that he had notable activities in Taiwan, then "American and Taiwanese" could replace "American" in the infobox and short description. Geraldo Perez (talk) 22:12, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Notability with Taiwan can certainly be established in multiple sources. I've compiled a lengthy few below:

• Nvidia’s CEO is given the rockstar treatment in AI-powerhouse Taiwan (CNN)

  When Nvidia surpassed Apple this week to become America’s second most valuable company, its CEO Jensen Huang was being feted like a rockstar in his birthplace Taiwan.

Neither Nvidia (NVDA) nor AMD, run by CEOs who also happen to be cousins, manufacture their own semiconductors. The job of producing their most advanced chips is outsourced to Taiwan-based TSMC, which makes an estimated 90% of the world’s super-advanced chips.

Huang has visited his birthplace regularly and raised eyebrows on this trip by his reference to the island. [...] Huang also touted his firm’s close ties with the island. “We’ve been doing technology, doing engineering, and conducting business here in Taiwan for almost three decades, and we’re going to continue to do so,” he told CNN.

• Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Finds Celebrity Status Chip CEO was treated like an A-lister in Taiwan, his place of birth, where locals tracked his every step (Wall Street Journal)

As Nvidia’s market cap hit $3 trillion, CEO Jensen Huang received a hero’s welcome during a visit to his birth land of Taiwan to attend an industry event. His personal star—and his company’s—has never flown higher.

“He is Taiwan’s pride,” said Ollie Lin, a magazine editor who watched Huang deliver a 90-minute speech at a college auditorium as heavy rains poured down outside. She had hoisted a sign that said “Taiwan hearts you” next to Huang’s photo. “Seeing him under the spotlight, yet so connected to Taiwan,” she said, “just brings him closer to us.”

Taiwan, where most of the world’s advanced semiconductors are made, has played a crucial role in Nvidia’s success.

The widespread public adulation for Huang, locals say, is at a level unseen since “Linsanity” in 2012—a frenzy sparked by Jeremy Lin, a Taiwanese-American basketball player who experienced a meteoric rise while playing for the New York Knicks.

• Will Jensen Show Up? Speculating About the Nvidia Boss in Taiwan (Bloomberg)

The rise of Nvidia has made its boss, Jensen Huang, a superstar in his native Taiwan.

Newspapers and tech websites are again in a frenzy of speculation, and managers at other companies haven’t been shy about asking Bloomberg reporters whether they know if Huang will stop by—highlighting the growing importance of Nvidia and, by extension, Taiwan’s role at the center of the AI universe.

• Like a pop star, Nvidia's CEO Huang stirs up 'Jensanity' in Taiwan (Reuters)

He regularly speaks Taiwanese when out on the streets in Taiwan and at press events. The language is closely associated with those who champion Taiwan's separate identity from China, though it is also spoken in China's Fujian province and is generally known as Hokkien.

Of course, these are just what I found from a cursory web search. Sources also describe him as "Taiwanese-American":

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Leather-jacketed boss of trillion-dollar chip firm (Reuters)

...That's the type of showmanship that has turned the Taiwanese-American immigrant, who typically wears a black leather motorcycle jacket for product launches, into one of the best known names in the computing business.

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Leather-jacketed boss of trillion-dollar chip firm (The Straits Times)

Taiwanese-American Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang has joined an elite list of tech executives to head a company worth US$1 trillion.

That is the type of showmanship that has turned the Taiwanese-American immigrant, who typically wears a black leather motorcycle jacket for product launches, into one of the best known names in the computing business.

• Jensen Huang: from lavatory cleaner to the $1 trillion chip king of Silicon Valley (The Times)

Artificial intelligence, in case you hadn’t heard, is about to take your job, upend society and, after that, perhaps destroy all humanity. And the man who has thrust us into this head-spinning new age? A Taiwanese immigrant who used to clean lavatories.

Who is this overnight sensation? Huang is the 60-year-old Taiwanese-American whose Californian company is the maker of the ultra-powerful computer chips that have emerged as the engine of the AI revolution.

In sum, there certainly is the notability for the inclusion of "Taiwanese". MOS:CONTEXTBIO also states that notability is usually the country, region, or territory where the person is currently a national or permanent resident, and Huang has Taiwanese citizenship. Your suggestion of "American and Taiwanese" would definitely be appropriate. GuardianH (talk) 09:08, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

He is famous in Taiwan due to his company Nvidia and not separately; He worked on and created Nvidia in America, as an American, which is his notable activity. This case is similar to Sundar Pichai, who is famous in India, but is notable purely due to his work in America. Therefore American and Taiwanese should be changed to just American. Jfklesdjfipuj (talk) 01:12, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

This follows MOS:NATIONALITY. Jfklesdjfipuj (talk) 01:13, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Additionally his fame is entirely due to Nvidia, even in Taiwan, he is known only due to Nvidia. Jfklesdjfipuj (talk) 01:16, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I have changed the page, if there are any arguments against it, it would definitely be understandable. Jfklesdjfipuj (talk) 02:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I've reverted your edit as part of our WP:BRD cycle. As established above, reliable sources have established that Huang has notability in both countries. Until there are sources which demonstrate otherwise, the current version is to be preserved. GuardianH (talk) 16:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I am happy to let someone more proficient at MOS:NAT to decide this.

As far as what is mentioned in MOS:NATIONALITY

The opening paragraph should usually provide context for that which made the person notable. In most modern-day cases, this will be the country, region, or territory where the person is currently a national or permanent resident; or, if the person is notable mainly for past events, where the person was such when they became notable. (For guidance on historic place names versus modern-day one, see WP:Naming conventions (geographic names) § Use modern names.)

Ethnicity, religion, or sexuality should generally not be in the lead unless relevant to the subject's notability. Similarly, neither previous nationalities nor the country of birth should be mentioned in the opening paragraph unless relevant to the subject's notability.

and

The second example is someone who emigrated as a child and continued to identify as a citizen of their adopted country:

Follow my case, you seem to be providing evidence for the fact he is famous in Taiwan, due to him running an American company Nvidia as an American living in America, not due to his relations with Taiwan.

Therefore I believe it should just be American (and not Taiwanese and American).

Jfklesdjfipuj (talk) 00:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

That Huang has notability in Taiwan and that this has been widely reported in reliable sources (especially non-Taiwanese sources) is the key point here. That this notability stems from presiding over an American company is not really relevant, especially when the subject has dual citizenship in both countries. Not to mention, Nvidia is known for its extremely outsized presence in Taiwan, which is partially why Huang is notable there aswell. GuardianH (talk) 00:32, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Birthplace: Tainan or Taipei?

There are conflicting sources over whether Huang was born in Taipei, Taiwan, or Tainan, Taiwan, the latter of which is listed in the article here.

Sources saying born in Tainan: Bloomberg (via SCMP), another Bloomberg article, Taipei Times, Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC is a cabinet-level organization of the Taiwanese government), U.S. News & World Report, etc.

Sources saying born in Taipei: Business Insider, New York Magazine, South China Morning Post, Computer History Museum, CNBC, , etc.

This CNN article explains that, according to Nvidia, Huang was born in Taipei but moved to Tainan afterward. This may be the cause of the confusion; I've changed it to the Nvidia version according to the CNN article. GuardianH (talk) 09:52, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

GuardianH,, please stop your disruptive editing false information concerning Jensen Huang's education or else you will be blocked.@GuardianH

Also do not include unnecessary information here , note this is the last time I'm warning you. You will be blocked from editing Tri098 (talk) 02:40, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2024

Please omit all Chinese language, as this is not the Chinese version of Wikipedia. Lauraboo6 (talk) 22:42, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. – Anne drew (talk · contribs) 04:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

It does not make sense to try to translate person names from one language to another!

Jensen Huang 80.162.30.24 (talk) 11:42, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Can you precise which names in other languages you think are inappropriate (e.g. "黄仁勋", "Huáng Rénxūn", or "N̂g Jîn-hun") and explain why?

I'm no expert, but "黃仁勳" seems widely used in Chinese media, so that name is ok to mention. "Huáng Rénxūn" and "N̂g Jîn-hun" are less common, but they seem to be accurate romanization/transcription. Alenoach (talk) 16:00, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Or is it the Chinese translations for the children that you think are inappropriate: "(Chinese: 黃勝斌; pinyin: Huáng Shèngbīn)" and "(Chinese: 黃敏珊; pinyin: Huáng Mǐnshān)"? In this case, I suppose it depends on whether Chinese or Taiwanese media call them that way. We may also consider that these are unnecessary details that can be removed. Alenoach (talk) 16:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Name clarification

I suggest keeping the name Jen-Hsun Huang in the title. Mtumkuuu (talk) 12:13, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

WP:COMMONNAME recommends using the most commonly-used term, which is "Jensen Huang" in English-speaking media. Alenoach (talk) 21:57, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

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Deletion of certain conten

I've deleted the content related to Mark Zuckerberg refering to Huang as the "Taylor Swift" of tech; because if someone knows him enough to search for his biography on Wikipedia, why would you need to clarify him as such? Mtumkuuu (talk) 12:24, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Cuda

I would think the Cuda library should be mentioned. I think it is integral to the shift from graphic to AI. I would be especially interested in knowing Jensen’s part in it. MtneerInTN (talk) 12:21, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Philanthropy puffery

Per this Forbes analysis of charitable giving by billionaires in the United States, Huang had only given away 0.11% of his net worth, making him the third least generous person among the twelve richest people in the United States. Is it not puffery and undue to characterize Huang as a philanthropist and go on about all the supposed philanthropy he engages in (often sourced to primary sources or bad sources)? Thenightaway (talk) 10:48, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

The fact that he invested $300 million into his foundation which grew to $12 billion is notable. Whereas the $2 million to the Oneida Baptist Institute is relatively minor and the second paragraph lacks good secondary sources. Alenoach (talk) 23:00, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I actually read the NYT source used in some of the "Philanthropy" section. It says that the foundation's purpose is essentially tax avoidance. This nullifies my previous objection, and the way that source is used in Wikipedia to support the idea that he is a philanthropist is misleading.

Other donations can reasonably be interpreted as motivated by the legal requirement of foundations to donate at least 5% of what they have per year. Moreover, he got some benefits from donating to universities, like having a building in his name or potentially some advantages for his kids. And as you said, if he donated only 0.11%, that's a very small proportion.

We clearly shouldn't call him a philanthropist in the lead or in the infobox. I propose to also remove some of the content of the "Philanthropy" section, particularly what is based on primary sources, potentially even to merge what remains into the rest of the article. Alenoach (talk) 17:38, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't have a particular view on this article, but I have removed "philanthropy puffery" from several billionaire articles over the years, as well as the term "philanthropist" from the lead and/or infobox. However, it is not for us to decide based on what %age of wealth they have given away. As always, we should follow the language used in reliable secondary sources. For example, I have just changed "business executive" in the lead to "businessman". Edwardx (talk) 18:15, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

The "Taiwanese immigrants" issue

Recently, several of my changes have been reverted by GuardianH. As such, I wanted to open up this disagreement to a wider audience.

Some of the facts that are not in dispute: Huang was born in Taiwan. As a child, he and his family moved to Thailand. They then moved back to Taiwan. Huang later immigrated to America. Afterward, his parents immigrated to America.

Originally, the page read that Huang was "Born to Taiwanese American immigrants". This was obviously not correct as he was born in Taiwan to Taiwanese parents and those parents would only immigrate to America after Huang. To call them "Taiwanese American" when they would only become American much later was obviously incorrect.

I removed that line, and it was replaced by "Born to Taiwanese immigrants". However, given that he was born in Taiwan where his parents lived, his parents could not have been "Taiwanese immigrants" at the time. They were either immigrants to Taiwan (in which case it should say that), or they were Taiwanese natives (which is almost certainly the case).

The case was made by GuardianH that "immigrant does not simply refer to their status at the time of JH's birth... that they did so after his birth is irrelevant". That does not seem true to me; I do not believe that post facto status changes are relevant to the facts of a birth. Take a couple of hypotheticals - if his parents immigrated somewhere else 50 years after he was born, would he then be "born to immigrants"? If his parents died after his birth, would he be born to dead parents? Obviously not I think in the 2nd case. I would also argue not in the 1st case either. In which case we have a line drawing issue; when can they have immigrated for them to be immigrant parents? It seems there two be only one clear delineating point in time - the point in time when he was actually born.

GuardianH obviously knows that this line of reasoning is a strong one - despite reverting my changes, he changed it to "The son of Taiwanese immigrants". This is technically true in a way the others were not - he is indeed the son of Taiwanese people who immigrated to America. However, I feel that this phrasing is misleading - the immigrant status of his parents is not very relevant to the life of Huang as it is superseded by Huang's own prior immigration.

So here is my question - are there any other articles at this time (2026-04-19 at 5AM UTC) where an immigrant is said to be the child of immigrant parents, if those parents did not immigrate before the child? Some examples where this is NOT said - Yan Gomes, Bob Hope and Sergey Brin. All immigrated, all of their parents immigrated, none saying that they were born to or are the child of immigrant parents in the articles.

I submit that if the answer is "no", then this article should similarly be changed to mimic the rest of the site, and it should be changed to "Born to Taiwanese parents".

Thank you all, EditorJSHN EditorJSHN (talk) 04:59, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

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