Nvidia hitting $3 trillion propels Jensen Huang’s wealth above Michael Dell’s

Huang, 61, is leading a new wave of as AI-fueled “Jensanity,” as one analyst termed it, takes over . Other beneficiaries include Lisa Su, chief executive officer of ., as well as .’s Charles Liang. Last month, Huang’s fortune surpassed each individual member of the Waltons, America’s richest family, following another blowout quarter from the chipmaker.

Huang’s wealth is derived from his 3.5% stake in Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia, which he co-founded in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. Nvidia became the first computer-chip company to hit $3 trillion in on Wednesday, surpassing the value of ., and was flirting with that benchmark again on Friday.

Dell, 59, with a net worth of $105.9 billion, has been a computer hardware-industry outlier among the tech super-rich, who often owe their wealth to software companies. Dell made much of his fortune through his namesake firm, which sells personal computers and servers.

Still, . has been a beneficiary of the recent success as corporations need servers and other infrastructure to utilize advanced chips from Nvidia. Investors have increasingly seen Dell, along with Super Micro, as Nvidia’s chosen partner for this business line.

In early March, Dell joined the small group of people with fortunes exceeding $100 billion as the company’s shares rose to a record high. The stock has since retreated after posting results that disappointed investors, reducing its founder’s wealth almost $12 billion in a single day.

today commands an ecosystem of hardware and software solutions that rivals from AMD to Intel Corp. are trying hard to break up or replicate, thanks to its dominant share of the market for the high-end accelerators used to train AI.

And it has shown no signs of slowing down or letting its rivals catch up. Huang the firm plans to upgrade its so-called AI accelerators every year.