New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang is one of the highest-paid corporate executives in the world. With an estimated net worth of $147 billion to $148 billion as of November 2026, the 63-year-old Taiwan-born US citizen is the 12th wealthiest person on Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list.

Huang's fortunes have been intertwined with that of Nvidia, which he co-founded in 1993 as a graphics card maker for gaming PCs. Huang's pay package has also gone up significantly as Nvidia became arguably the biggest beneficiary of the Artificial intelligence (AI) boom.

According to Nvidia's 2026 Proxy Statement (DEF 14A), Huang's reported compensation is $36.3 million, which is down 27% from the $49.9 million he was paid the pr...