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Jensen Huang: “My will to survive exceeds everybody else’s will to kill me”

August 12, 2025

Jensen is asked how Nvidia survived the intense competition in the 3D graphics industry. To which he replies:

“I would say that our company wanted it more than everybody else. I do believe that, as a company and an entrepreneur, you have to want to succeed more than your competitors want you not to.”

He continues:

“That’s hard to teach. Someone said recently that I’m the most tenacious CEO they’ve ever seen. I’m not exactly sure whether that’s a compliment or not, but my will to survive exceeds almost everybody else’s will to kill me.”