He saw it first.
CUDA shipped in 2006. Six years later the AI revolution started on NVIDIA cards. Nobody else made that bet that early.
The numbers
From $10.9 billion to $215.9 billion
in six fiscal years.
NVIDIA revenue by fiscal year. That is 19.8 times bigger, under the same CEO.
$10.9BFY20
$16.7BFY21
$26.9BFY22
$27.0BFY23
$60.9BFY24
$130.5BFY25
$215.9BFY26
+65%revenue growth in fiscal 2026
$193.7Bdata center revenue, fiscal 2026
$41.1Breturned to shareholders, fiscal 2026
The trillion club
He didn't join it.
He kept raising the ceiling.
- $1TMay 30, 2023First chipmaker ever
- $2TFeb 2024
- $3TJune 2024
- $4TJuly 9, 2025First company ever
- $5TOct 29, 2025First company ever
- $5.5TMay 13, 2026First company ever
By October 2026, NVIDIA was closing in on $6 trillion.
The record
33 years, one CEO.
A Denny's booth in San Jose
Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem start NVIDIA. Jensen becomes CEO, a job he would hold for 33 years.
The GPU
NVIDIA goes public and launches GeForce 256, which it calls the world's first GPU.
CUDA
NVIDIA opens its graphics chips to general computing with CUDA, years before the world knew it needed them for AI.
The AI big bang
AlexNet, the network that kicked off modern deep learning, is trained on two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 cards, written in CUDA.
$1 trillion
NVIDIA becomes the first chipmaker in history worth $1 trillion.
$4 trillion, then $5 trillion
First company ever to cross both marks, less than four months apart.
The biggest year ever
Record fiscal 2026 revenue of $215.9 billion, up 65%. A record $5.5 trillion valuation in May.
The case
Why he should be CEO again.
He delivered.
Revenue went from $10.9 billion to $215.9 billion in six fiscal years, nearly 20 times larger, under one CEO.
He made history.
First company to $4 trillion. First to $5 trillion. First to $5.5 trillion. All on his watch.
He is the company.
Co-founder, 33 years at the top, the public face of the company. Until this week, NVIDIA had never had another CEO.
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Response from the board
Pending We'll update this if the board responds.
On November 11, 2026, Jensen Huang stepped down as CEO and left NVIDIA's board after disclosing personal relationships that are now under review. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO. This petition is about his record running the company.
Sources
Every number on this page.
- NVIDIA: fiscal 2026 results ($215.9B revenue, +65%, $193.7B data center, $41.1B returned)
- NVIDIA: fiscal 2025 results ($130.5B), earlier years from NVIDIA's annual reports
- NVIDIA corporate timeline (1993, 1999, 2006)
- CNBC: started at a Denny's booth
- AlexNet (two GTX 580s, CUDA)
- SiliconANGLE: $1 trillion
- AP: first company to $4 trillion ($2T and $3T in 2024)
- Fox Business: first company to $5 trillion
- Forbes: first company to $5.5 trillion
- Bloomberg: heading for $6 trillion
- NVIDIA: CEO transition