Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang could also be a billionaire due to his 3.4% stake in Nvidia, however he solely lately acquired a increase — after making the identical wage for the previous decade.
The 62-year-old chief government now makes 166 instances extra in general compensation than the median Nvidia worker.
Huang obtained a wage simply shy of $1 million, round $996,800, annually from fiscal 12 months 2014 to 2024. Within the fiscal 12 months 2025 ending January 26, 2025, Huang’s base wage rose 50% to $1.5 million, in line with a new proxy filing with the Securities and Trade Fee on Thursday.
Nvidia’s compensation committee famous within the doc that this was “Huang’s first base wage enhance in 10 years” and that the transfer “was acceptable” contemplating the bottom wage for executives at comparable firms. For instance, AMD CEO Lisa Su made a base salary of $1.26 million efficient July 2024.
Huang’s complete compensation for the fiscal 12 months 2025 was $49.9 million. This determine contains the $6 million Huang obtained as a part of a non-equity incentive plan, $38.8 million in inventory awards, and $3.5 million for residential safety, driver providers, safety monitoring, and automotive bills.
The submitting famous that the median Nvidia worker made $301,233 in fiscal 12 months 2025, for a CEO to median worker pay ratio of 166:1.
One other SEC filing submitted final week by Google’s guardian firm, Alphabet, reveals that the everyday Google worker makes a comparable amount, with a median wage of $331,894 in 2024. Google CEO Sundar Pichai makes 32 instances greater than a mid-level worker on the firm, with an annual compensation of $10.7 million final 12 months.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Photograph by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos
Huang’s general compensation has been steadily rising, even when his base wage remained stagnant for a decade. He made $34.2 million in fiscal 12 months 2024 and $21.4 million in fiscal 12 months 2023.
Huang is the seventeenth richest particular person on this planet, with a web value of $97.9 billion, in line with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The majority of Huang’s fortune derives from his Nvidia stake, which equaled $96 billion on the time of writing. The remaining $1.9 billion of his web value is in money.
Nvidia has turn into a rising AI big after capturing 70% to 95% of the market share for AI chips. It counts Meta and Microsoft amongst its high prospects. Nvidia stock has risen over 1,500% previously 5 years and 33% previously 12 months.
