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Ben Gilbert: evaluation

28 Mar 2022 Acquired Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)

“Even graded where the NVIDIA Bowls have put him, I think Jensen is one of those people where if you know about him, you know what we're talking about and you have unbelievable reverence, but I think not enough people really know.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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evaluation
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28 Mar 2022
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Acquired

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…Oh, man, crazy. Because we have way too much here for one episode, we'll save the stories on machine learning for next time. Today, we are going to tell the wild story of NVIDIA's founding to its rise in prominence powering the computer graphics and gaming revolution. This really is a story of true invention and innovation. It reminds you that engineering breakthroughs really do push our world forward. In saying that, to set some context, this is a story that takes place from about 1993 to the mid- to late-2000s. As hyped as NVIDIA has been over the last five years, obviously, with the stock run up and everyone's excitement around the company, I think Jensen is still an underrated CEO. Even graded where the NVIDIA Bowls have put him, I think Jensen is one of those people where if you know about him, you know what we're talking about and you have unbelievable reverence, but I think not enough people really know. Just one more Jensen quote before we get into the episode: "My will to survive exceeds almost everybody else's will to kill me." Amazing.…

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