
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has fifty direct reports, and claims that his senior executives don't require much in the way of spoiling or intensive supervision. In contrast to imposing a stern managerial hierarchy, Huang also likes to get details from everyday personnel by receiving brief weekly emails that detail the five most significant tasks any worker is dealing with. "Those who answer to the CEO should require minimal coddling, so they don't demand life counseling. They don't require any professional advice," Huang stated.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang provided insight into his strange leadership style, which includes "50 direct reports," in an interview with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday.Huang co-established Nvidia in 1993, and his managerial practices are being studied and copied because of the surge of the chipmaker's stock this year due to its central part in the AI revolution, in the same way other tech originator-operators such as Steve Jobs of Apple or Mark Zuckerberg of Meta are.Huang stated that he has such a large amount of direct reports - most execs typically only have 10 or so - because it keeps the company from building useless layers of management."The more direct reports a CEO has, the fewer levels are in the company. It permits us to keep data dynamic," Huang said, adding that it makes Nvidia perform better.Huang said top executives should be able to work autonomously and should need "very little supervision.""The individuals who answer to the CEO should need the least amount of coddling and thus I don't think they require life guidance. I don't think they require career advice," Huang said. "They ought to be at the top of their game, incredibly adept at their craft."Rather than having a strict management hierarchy, Huang also prefers to get info from entry-level personnel by receiving brief weekly emails that list the five most significant things any given employee is taking a shot at, as per a recent New Yorker profile.Huang also enjoys sending hundreds of brief emails to his team every day, the vast majority of which are only a few words long, as per the profile.Nvidia stock has gone up by over 228% so far this year, driven by unstoppable demand for the company's high-end GPUs, which are utilized to train and operate AI models like OpenAI's ChatGPT.Nvidia's success in AI GPUs this year is the result of several daring bets over the past decades to build software and tools to convert chips formerly intended for 3D gaming into AI titans, which has given it an advantage over other chip makers such as AMD.The corporation continues to expect remarkable growth in sales for AI chips, however is currently dealing with export constraints in China which may affect a major growth market.
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