Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Reviews All Staff Pay, 78% Are Millionaires

The statistic underscores how deeply equity compensation ties employee fortunes to a single stock's trajectory, making Nvidia's workforce unusually exposed to semiconductor-cycle risk. That Huang personally reviews pay suggests a deliberate culture of retention through wealth creation, but it also raises questions about whether such concentration of paper wealth can persist if demand normalizes. The real test is whether this model survives a downturn without mass attrition, and whether competitors will need to match these stakes to attract top talent.