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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on comp: "If you take care of people, everything else takes care of itself."

July 26, 2025 / 00:45

This episode discusses employee compensation, stock options, and the use of technology in performance reviews. The conversation features insights on how compensation is handled within a large organization.

The guest reveals a unique approach to rewarding employees, mentioning a secret pool of options that can be distributed based on performance. They explain the process of reviewing compensation for all employees, emphasizing the importance of taking care of people.

Machine learning is highlighted as a tool used to analyze employee performance and compensation. The guest describes their method of sorting through a large number of employees to ensure fair and increased spending on operational expenses.

TLDR

A guest reveals a unique method for rewarding employees with stock options based on performance reviews using machine learning.

Episode

0:45
00:00:00
Somebody who was inside your organization told me with the options that uh you have a secret pool of
00:00:04
options and that you will randomly just if somebody does a great job drop a bunch of RSUs on top of them and that
00:00:12
you have this little bag of options you carry around and that you leave them out.
00:00:15
That's nuts. Is that true? Yeah, I'm carrying in my pocket right now. So listen, so this is what happens.
00:00:22
I review everybody's compensation up to this day. Yeah. At the end of every cycle, I go through
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the whole company. I've got my methods of doing that and I use machine learning. I do all kinds of technology
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and I sort through all 42,000 employees and 100% of the time I increase the company's spend on opex. And the reason
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for that is because you take care of people.

Episode Highlights

  • Secret Pool of Options
    A surprising revelation about a hidden pool of options for employees.
    “You have a secret pool of options.”
    @ 00m 02s
    July 26, 2025
  • Compensation Review Process
    An insight into how compensation is reviewed and adjusted for employees.
    “I review everybody's compensation up to this day.”
    @ 00m 22s
    July 26, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • That's nuts.
    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on comp: "If you take care of people, everything else takes care of itself."
  • I review everybody's compensation up to this day.
    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on comp: "If you take care of people, everything else takes care of itself."
  • 100% of the time I increase the company's spend on opex.
    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on comp: "If you take care of people, everything else takes care of itself."

Key Moments

  • Secret Options00:02
  • Compensation Review00:22
  • Employee Care00:41