Nvidia bio author Stephen Witt recalls Jensen Huang berating him in interview and erupting at dissent

oran_ge · x · 2026-11-15

In a New York Times piece, Stephen Witt, author of The Nvidia Way, recounts a disastrous interview where Jensen Huang exploded at a question about AI killing jobs, calling it stale and lecturing him on driving marginal costs to zero (agriculture, electricity, computing).
Huang publicly berated Witt for wasting everyone's time while two PR reps stood by; Witt says the anger seemed genuine, not strategic.
The article also portrays Huang's humility (a $1,000 tip at Denny's, dishwasher past) as possibly self-gratifying performance, describing a temper where any dissent can trigger hour-long scoldings that leave executives genuinely afraid — Witt compares it to the instructor in Whiplash.

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