India, Nov. 12 -- From developing graphics chips for video games to powering the global artificial intelligence revolution, Nvidia's transformation over three decades has been closely tied to the vision and leadership of co-founder Jensen Huang. The 63-year-old's resignation as CEO on Thursday following a controversy over extramarital affairs and alleged links to Chinese intelligence, has brought renewed attention to the man who turned a relatively unknown chipmaker into a technology powerhouse.

Nvidia is today one of the world's most valuable companies, supplying the advanced processors that power artificial intelligence models, data centres and high-performance computing systems. But its journey to the top began in 1993, when Huang and...