Jensen Huang: Nvidia boss christened the Taylor Swift of tech

These days, wherever Jensen Huang goes, adoring crowds chant his name and scramble for selfies and autographs.

The chief executive of Nvidia has nothing short of rock star status and during a visit to Taiwan this week, it was on full display. He posed for countless pictures and even scrawled his name on a woman’s top, just below her cleavage. It was pure “Jensanity” as locals put it.

His peers know the kind of fan frenzy that Mr Huang can stir. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has described him as “like Taylor Swift, but for tech”.

The bespectacled 61-year-old with grey hair dresses the part. He has made the black leather jacket his signature style.

Mr Huang is at the forefront of a technology boom as Nvidia is the world’s leading designer of artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Earlier this week, Nvidia’s market value surged past $3tn (£2.3tn). With that, the firm overtook Apple as the second most valuable company in the world on Wednesday, before pulling back on Thursday.

Shares of Nvidia are also up by more than 200% over the last year.

“He is literally being treated like a rock star,” says technology analyst Bob O’Donnell.

“Nvidia’s last big conference in San Jose was in a stadium. It was jam-packed and huge lines of people couldn’t get in. It was like a rock concert,” Mr O’Donnell said.

“This time, he spoke in a sports stadium in Taiwan. I joked that he was on his arena tour.”