Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a motherboard speaking at the Viva Technology Conference, dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France on June 11, 2025.
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nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dropped approximately $36.4 million worth of stakes in a major artificial intelligence chip maker, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission application.
The sale will be offered as part of a plan previously adopted in March to bring down up to 6 million NVIDIA shares by the end of the year, totaling 225,000 shares. He sold his first stake from the June deal, worth about $15 million.
Last year, the high-tech executive sold about $700 million worth of shares as part of a pre-placed plan. Nvidia shares rose about 1% on Friday.
Huang’s net worth has skyrocketed as investors bet on Nvidia’s AI advantage and the graphics processing unit powered by a large language model.
The 62-year-old’s wealth has increased by more than a quarter, or about $29 billion, since its launch in 2025, based on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. His net worth was the last index of $143 billion, putting his neck and neck on him. Berkshire Hathaway144 billion dollars Warren Buffett.
Shortly after the market opened on Friday, Fortune’s net worth analysis showed Juan was ahead of Buffett, with Nvidia CEO at $143.7 billion and Omaha Oracle at $142.1 billion.
The company also achieved its own notable milestone this year to protect the AI boom.
On Wednesday, the Santa Clara-based chipmaker, California, became the first company to surpass its $4 trillion market capitalization, surpassing both Microsoft and apple. The chipmaker was closed on top of that milestone on Thursday as CNBC reported that Titan had met with President Donald Trump.
Huang holds more than 858 million shares of NVIDIA directly and indirectly in a variety of partnerships and trusts.
Brooke Seawell, a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates, has sold approximately $24 million worth of NVIDIA shares, according to SEC filing. According to the company, Sewell has been on the company’s board of directors since 1997.
