Foreign media: Jensen Huang joins Tsinghua University as an advisor to the School of Economics and Management.
According to reports from media such as the Financial Times and Reuters, Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, has accepted an invitation to join the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University.
The Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University was established in October 2000. Its mission is to strengthen the school's connections with various external sectors, enhance the overall level of scientific research and teaching, and help the school become a world - class institution in economics and management. It is recognized as one of the highest - level and most influential communication bridges between the Chinese academic community and global top business elites.
The Advisory Board holds an annual meeting in Beijing (usually in October) each year. It discusses education, technology, and global economic development, as well as the school's work progress and challenges, and provides advice on strategic and directional matters of the school, such as the school's development strategy, international cooperation, faculty construction, and the establishment of research institutions. For executives of multinational companies, this is a unique platform for direct, long - term, and informal communication with domestic policy - makers and the academic community.
In addition, there are a series of supporting exchange activities:
Tsinghua Global Management Forum: Committee members communicate with teachers, students, and alumni;
Advisory Committee Members Enter Tsinghua Business School Classrooms: They have close - range, small - scale exchanges with students and share industry insights and management experience;
Advisory Committee Members Dialogue with Chinese Entrepreneurs: They jointly discuss major global corporate issues;
Students Visit Companies of Committee Members: This provides students with opportunities for practical learning.
The substantial suggestions and support provided by committee members also include promoting cooperation between the school and world - famous business schools, hiring international scholars, and establishing research institutions. The experience and resources of committee members are often used to help the school internationalize.
Currently, most members of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management are chairmen of well - known international multinational companies, and also include deans of business schools at world - class universities and Nobel laureates in economics.
The current chairman of the committee is Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple.
The list of committee members also includes Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg, Masayoshi Son, etc.
Just in mid - May, before the news broke, Jensen Huang joined the delegation visiting China "at the last moment". Just a few weeks after the end of this group visit, news spread that he had been officially invited to join the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University.
As the head of the world's highest - valued chip giant, Jensen Huang is at the center of the Sino - US technological competition. In recent years, the United States has implemented multiple rounds of controls on the export of advanced AI chips to China, which has hindered NVIDIA's business. Analysts believe that by joining the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Jensen Huang can, while complying with US export control laws, continue to maintain and deepen his connections with the Chinese academic, technological, and business decision - making communities through this high - end platform for academic and business elite exchanges.
Of course, establishing this connection is also beneficial for NVIDIA to maintain its lead in future talent recruitment and academic cooperation.
Recently, Jensen Huang seems to be continuously enhancing his influence in the academic community. Also this month, he received an honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Interestingly, it was Lip - Bu Tan, the CEO of Intel, who put on the doctoral gown for him.
Of course, this celebration was not only about academia. Lip - Bu Tan took this opportunity to confirm that the major cooperation between Intel and NVIDIA is "in full swing". He said, "Intel and NVIDIA are collaborating to develop exciting new products."
A market value of $5 trillion is not the end. NVIDIA's AI map is still expanding.
Reference content:
https://www.ft.com/content/1c567fe9-6df9-4313-902c-c8c65782c19e
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nvidia-chief-jensen-huang-join-board-beijings-tsinghua-university-ft-reports-2026-05-28/
https://x.com/LipBuTan1/status/2053523615304294655
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