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.
“When I’m not working, I’m thinking about working… I sit through movies, but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about work.”
“Sometimes you’re imagining the future. And, boy, if we did this and that. 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 business to even greater heights but also give him and his workers some added flexibility.
“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.”
However, with high pay packages at the growing company, the anonymous workers said they felt it difficult to leave.
“If you want to do extraordinary things, it shouldn’t be easy,” he said.
Nvidia declined Fortune’s request for comment.
“Even if I am on vacation, you’re on 24 hours a day. You never can really leave,” said Lewensztain.
“I would say that if you feel the need for work-life balance, maybe you’re not in the right work,” she told Fortune.
