This Nvidia co-founder lives a philanthropic, manifesto-writing, "off the grid" life

Curtis P Nvidia ounded Nvidia alongside Jensen Hu the last 12 months chowsky on Apr Jensen Huang's The inventor has al around $44 billion nd helped design the "fi thirty aphics processor for the PC," the IBM Professional Graphics Adapter, in the 1980s.

Priem transferred most of hi around $70 billion itable foundation after Nvidia's 1999 I Team Green's i first i CTO as an "excessive amount of money" to hold onto.

He left the company a few years later partly due to a stormy first marriage and domestic violence allegations against his ex-wife. Nvidia __NxlGi">1, Huang /span Chris Malachowsky umma April 5, 1993 ghtText__NxlG CTO the third quarter of 2022< Forbes almost 200 on first ighLightText__NxlGi">Q3 < the IBM Professional Graphics Adapter __Nxl the 1980s billion year-on-year Nvidia > 1999 n IPO ass="summaryFeed_highLightText__NxlGi">206% the third Forbes r a few years later NxlGi">$18.12 billionfirst Nvidia RPI 2006 class="summaryFeed between $3.50 t__Nxl 6 i">onetoday pan class="summa 482 eed_highLightText__NxlGi"> Nvidia around $70 billion xt__NxlGi">approximately $80 million 2001 around $30 million Feed_highLightText $6 million 360 million Fremont California s="summaryFeed_highLightText__NxlGi">2001 40% $275 million< Gulfstream G450 lass="summaryFeed_highLightText__NxlGi">the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute