Jensen Huang Joins Tsinghua University's Advisory Board
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has accepted an invitation to join the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management (SEM). The board, chaired by Apple CEO Tim Cook, includes Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Ma, and other global leaders. Huang also recently received an honorary doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University.
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- Jensen Huang joins Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board
- Board chaired by Apple's Tim Cook, includes top tech and business leaders
- Huang awarded his 7th honorary doctorate from CMU
- His educational background: Oregon State, Stanford MS
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NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang has made a new academic move: he has accepted an invitation to join the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management (SEM). The news, first reported by the Financial Times, is yet to be officially announced but sources confirm Huang has already accepted.
Established in October 2000, the Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board aims to strengthen ties with external stakeholders and elevate the school's research and teaching to world-class levels. The board is currently chaired by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who took over in 2019. Its 65 members include a who's who of global business: Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX), Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, BlackRock's Larry Fink, and Citigroup's Jane Fraser, alongside Chinese tech giants like Jack Ma, Ma Huateng, and Robin Li. The board typically meets annually in Beijing to discuss international strategy and long-term development, and members often deliver lectures to SEM students. It is widely considered the Chinese counterpart to Harvard Business School's advisory council.
Huang's academic involvement has been notably active recently. Earlier in May, he received an honorary Doctor of Science and Technology from Carnegie Mellon University – his seventh honorary doctorate. During the commencement speech, he coined the now-viral phrase: "AI will not replace you, but people who use AI well will."
Born in 1963 in Taiwan, Huang moved to the United States at age 9 with his brother, without parents. He faced bullying as one of the few Asian students but later thrived academically, skipping two grades and graduating high school at 16. He earned a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Oregon State University and a master's from Stanford University in 1990. After working at AMD and LSI Logic, he co-founded NVIDIA in 1993.
Beyond his academic and corporate achievements, Huang recently made headlines for a lighthearted moment at a night market, where he offered to pay for everyone's food in exchange for skipping the line – a gesture that charmed the public.