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Nvidia: The GPU Company (1993-2006): The Complete History and Strategy

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He wears signature leather jackets. He can bench press more than you. He makes cars that drive themselves. He’s cheated death — both corporate and personal — too many times to count, and he runs the 8th most valuable company in the world. Nope, he’s not Elon Musk, he’s Jensen Huang — the most badass CEO in semiconductor history. Today we tell the first chapter of his and Nvidia’s incredible story. You’ll want to buckle up for this one! ‍ Links: Carve Outs: Sponsors: We finally did it. After five years and over 100 episodes, we decided to formalize the answer to Acquired’s most frequently asked question: “what are the best acquisitions of all time?” Here it is: The Acquired Top Ten. You can listen to the full episode (above, which includes honorable mentions), or read our quick blog post below. Note: we ranked the list by our estimate of absolute dollar return to the acquirer. We could have used ROI multiple or annualized return, but we decided the ultimate yardstick of success should b

Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006) | Acquired so Cloudflare URLs win cascade before parses and triggers font fetches --> back transcript • Season 10 | episode 5 Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006) Ben: Hello Acquired listeners. We were coming at you with a little bit of an announcement, some late breaking news. We recorded this episode, what David, a week ago? David: Yeah, a little over a week ago. We got some time travel going on here. I feel like I'm Jensen in a deepfake video Keynote. Ben: We sit here. It's Saturday, March 26th. We're getting ready to release this episode in

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