Nvidia's Jensen Huang sells more than $36 million in stock, catches Warren Buffett in net worth
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has caught up to Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett in net worth, according to analysis from Fortune and Bloomberg.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unloaded roughly $36. 4 million worth of stock, 225,000 s, of the chipmaker, according to an SEC filing
Huang adopted a plan in March to unload up to 6 million s of Nvidia through the end of the year and sold his first batch of stock in June
Huang has caught up to Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett in net worth, according to analysis from Fortune and Bloomberg
In this articleNVDA your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTJensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, holds a motherboard as he speaks during the Viva nology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 11, 2025
Gonzalo Fuentes | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang unloaded roughly $36. 4 million worth of stock in the leading artificial intelligence chipmaker, according to a U
Securities and Exchange Commission filing
The sale, which totals 225,000 s, comes as part of Huang's previously adopted plan in March to unload up to 6 million s of Nvidia through the end of the year
He sold his first batch of stock from the agreement in June, equaling $15 million
Last year, the executive sold $700 million worth of s as part of a prearranged plan
Nvidia stock climbed 1% Friday
Huang's net worth has skyrocketed as investors bet on Nvidia's AI dominance and graphics cessing units powering large language models
The 62-year-old's wealth has grown by more than a quarter, or $29 billion, since the start of 2025 alone, based on Bloomberg's Billionaires Index
His net worth last stood at $143 billion in the index, putting him neck-and-neck with Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett at $144 billion
Shortly after the market opened Friday, Fortune's analysis of net worth had Huang ahead of Buffett, with the Nvidia CEO at $143. 7 billion and the Oracle of Omaha at $142
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On Wednesday, the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker became the first company to top a $4 trillion market capitalization, beating out both Microsoft and Apple
The chipmaker closed above that milestone Thursday as CNBC reported that the nology titan met with President Donald Trump
Brooke Seawell, venture partner at New Enterprise Associates, sold $24 million worth of Nvidia s, according to an SEC filing
Seawell has been on the company's board since 1997, according to the company
Huang still holds more than 858 million s of Nvidia, both directly and indirectly, in different partnerships and trusts
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