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Bay Area tech CEO worth $35 billion says ‘suffering’ wasn't worth it (www.sfgate.com)
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Bay Area tech CEO worth $35 billion says ‘suffering’ wasn't worth it::Jensen Huang, a Bay Area CEO worth more than $35 billion, said he wouldn't again go through 'pain and suffering' of being a startup founder at Nvidia.

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[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 112 points 1 year ago

Makes sense to reflect on life and understand one has made mistakes. We shouldn't judge people based on prejudice, if he says it was painful for him - it was.

But then the typical billionaire narcissism triggers. Please pity me but only me. I don't see him saying we need to fix the system so no one else suffers the same.

[-] the_q@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Billionaires aren't people.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I hear they're edible, I have some sweet baby Ray's ready.

[-] 1847953620@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Stubb's bourbon sauce or gtfo

[-] funkajunk@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

This guy fucks.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some of them used to be, that much money actually changes your brain chemistry, the ones born rich never had the chance to be real people(that’s not an excuse for them) and the ones that became rich in life lost their humanity. Fuck em, they could become a regular person again at any point by giving 99% of their money away and still live an enviable life with what remains

[-] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly. I’m sure there were regrets and sadness about the time he’s lost to family and friends and being young. But it effectively paid off. If he shared his wealth those people and left tomorrow to make up for lost time it will be a very very net positive life.

But he’s in his current role. Reminding us this billionaire use to be human but we don’t care. Because it’s such an unfathomable amount of wealth for most people he* might as well be fictional.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 73 points 1 year ago

Bay area tech CEO?

Come on, it's the CEO of nvidia! They make it sound like he's smalltime

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

"I am simply a humble billionaire. In comparison to other billionaires, I'm just a small yacht of about 50 rooms in a sea of mega yachts. We are all the same. "

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

Title is a bit rough. He's just saying he lost 30 years of his life to work.

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

A billion a year is something most people would trade for.

I mean, I'd be done after 1, but hey, that's just me.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

You don’t get a billion in year 1. You have to grow the business over many years until it starts to pump out cash like that.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

True but the moment I got a billion I’d be out

[-] cjsolx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'd be thinking about whether I had enough money to cruise at like the $10m mark. Maybe I'd stick around a bit longer than that, but $1b is entirely too much money.

[-] GyozaPower@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 1 year ago

I'll play a sad song on the smallest violin. Many people lose their entire lives to shitty jobs, he is out of touch.

[-] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Truth. A shitton of people work multiple jobs for 30 years or a lifetime and don’t have $3,000 in the bank.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Hey, same here …checks bank account for $35B … still nope

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

EVERYONE loses 30 years to "work". So?? Give me 35 billion I'll co.pain too I guess.

[-] joseangel@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Millions work much more for much less. Such ungratefulness, he could had stopped years ago, not many have that luxury.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah but now he’s worth 35 billion. He could set a million dollars on fire every day for the next 50 years and still have another million to spend that day. Life doesn’t get much more meaningful than that. /s

[-] Rocha@lm.put.tf 3 points 1 year ago

He could set a million dollars on fire every day for the next 50 years and still have another million to spend that day.

Just wanna point out that net worth doesn't equal money in the bank. If he tried to convert his worth (probably NVIDIA stocks) to money it would be very hard and only a percentage of the initial worth (because of shares dumping).

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

a) there have been liquidation services as long as there have been stocks, yes you have to be patient to get the money but you can get it

b) just borrow against it and you essentially have infinite money

c) you can probably get anything for free at that level anyway

[-] burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Capitalist problems. I bet he won’t give any money away though

[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

I mean, I agree, I'm not going to be losing any sleep worrying about the unsatisfied billionaires. But what he's saying is that given the cost (losing 30 years of his life) the 'reward' ($35 billion) wasn't enough. He's not saying he doesn't like or want the money, he's saying its not enough to give up your life for.

If anything, it would explain why rich people keep pursuing money long after any sane person would be content with their millions/billions. Maybe if you just get given a few million you could be satisfied with it, but if you've had to sacrifice your life, friends, morality and so on to get it... And you realise it doesn't actually make you happy, so you keep chasing more, hoping that eventually enough will be enough. Better that than realising you're an idiot who fell for capitalism's big lie and gave up the stuff that actually mattered in life to get more numbers on a sheet.

[-] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 year ago

Well said. I always wonder why billionaires keep working. Your post explains it nicely.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I think there's an addictive cycle element to it too. A point where it isn't just validating the decisions you've made, but a compulsion to see the number get bigger

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The cynical side of me would say that he says this to have less competition in the future.

My empathetic side, which is much larger, agrees with you.

But, why not both?

[-] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

There is one easy way to fix that, maybe 2 ways

[-] ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Must be real hard to make decisions at Nvidia when you're almost a monopoly and have the power to tell consumers what they are going to pay for products that get comparatively weaker each generation.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Being so unpleasant to work with one of their partners decided to just drop the bulk of their revenue so they didn't have to work with them anymore might also make things more difficult.

[-] ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Sad evga sounds. I still await their partnership with AMD. It would be a shame to let all that knowledge and talent fade away.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

I thought it was about the suffering he caused or something, but it's his "suffering". It doesn't sound like he'll be doing much good with his money. 35 billion, man... that could pay for the education of millions of people.

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

i mean is it hard to just name Jensen, espeically since hes now in the club of CEO of trillion dollar company house which the list is very very short.

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