Jensen Huang names three books that shaped him, from Hennessy to 'Positioning'

firstadopter · x · 2026-09-24

On the NYTimes podcast, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recommended three books: Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by Hennessy & Patterson, which reduced abstract architecture concepts to engineering; The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen on how industries evolve; and Positioning by Al Ries & Jack Trout, which he calls a book about strategy itself.

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