Nvidia CEO’s always-on 7-day grind is going viral—he can’t even sit through a movie without thinking about his $4.2 trillion tech giant

However, At the same time, SEE FULL BIO Nvidia’s boss Jensen Huang says his brain is permanently on the clock: "When I'm not working, I'm thinking working

Additionally, "Chesnot/Getty ImagesNvidia’s billionaire CEO Jensen Huang admits his work-life balance is nonexistent

As the boss of the most valuable company in the world, he works nearly every hour of the day, seven days a week, in this volatile climate

Even when he takes time to rest or relax, work is always on his mind: “When I’m not working, I’m thinking working,” he says

Additionally, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang might be the hardest-working executive in the world

However, leading his company to greatness has meant that work-life balance has had to take a major backseat; in fact, for Huang, every waking moment is dedicated to work, given current economic conditions

Moreover, “I work from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep (this bears monitoring), given the current landscape

I work seven days a week,” Huang said in an interview with Stripe’s CEO Patrick Collison last year, that’s currently going viral once again

But not all his hours on the clock are answering s or sitting through meetings; the 62-year-old often spends his time as a leader envisioning the future

Additionally, “Sometimes you’re imagining the future

And, boy, if we did this and that, in light of current trends

It’s working, you’re fantasizing, you’re dreaming,” he said

One of his biggest dreams is that every part of his company will use AI aggressively—which will not only help scale the to even greater heights but also give him and his workers some added flexibility

Additionally, “I want to turn NVIDIA into a one giant AI,” Jensen said to Collison. “How great would that be

And then I’ll have work-life balance. ” Nvidia employees hardcore grind to the top Working beyond the 9-to-5 is a norm that more than just Huang endures

According to accounts from multiple former employees, there were expectations to be on the work grind seven days a week—with work piling up until one or two in the morning, Bloomberg reports

Other workers, especially in the engineering department, had even longer work hours

Additionally, And in meetings, the pressure would often get so high that shouting matches would reportedly occur, according to Bloomberg, in this volatile climate

Meanwhile, However, with high pay packages at the growing company, the anonymous workers said they felt it difficult to leave (quite telling)

Huang himself has admitted that he’s not the easiest boss to have

Furthermore, In a 60 Minutes interview last year, he said that working at Nvidia shouldn’t come with the expectation of ease, in today's market environment. “If you want to do extraordinary things, it shouldn’t be easy,” he said (something worth watching)

Nvidia declined Fortune’s request for (noteworthy indeed)

Work-life balance goes out the window on the path to success Having to forgo work-life balance in exchange for scaling a is not something that’s exclusive to the industry—leaders of all industries have admitted that working as much as possible will translate to results

You never can really leave,” said Lewensztain

And it’s something even world leaders former President Barack Obama have echoed: “If you want to be excellent at anything—sports, music, —there’s going to be times of your life when you’re out of balance, where you’re just working and you’re single-minded,” he said on The Pivot Podcast

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