Korea Society to honor Nvidia CEO with 2026 Van Fleet Award

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, will receive the 2026 Van Fleet Award, presented by The Korea Society. The award ceremony will take place at the organization’s annual gala on Sept. 28 in New York City. The Korea Society, a nonprofit organization established to promote Korea-U.S. relations, has given the award annually since 1992 to individuals and organizations that help strengthen the bilateral ties. The award is named after the U.S. Army general who commanded the Eighth U.S. Army at the height of the Korean War. According to the Korea Society, the award recognizes Huang’s visionary leadership and his contributions to the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor industries, which have become central to the evolving U.S.-Korea economic partnership. Huang founded Nvidia in 1993 and has led the company since its inception. In 1999, Nvidia invented the graphics processing unit, a breakthrough that transformed computer graphics and laid the groundwork for the modern AI era. Today, the company is a leader in accelerated computing and generative AI, technologies driving rapWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times