Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Attended School in Kentucky's Clay County as a Boy; Donated $2 Million in 2019
CLAY COUNTY, Kentucky — Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang attended the Oneida Baptist Institute in Clay County, Kentucky, as a boy — a chapter of his life that returned to public attention as the Kentucky Lantern retold the story on November 9 amid nationwide media focus on Huang.
Huang and his brother grew up in Taiwan and Thailand. Amid unrest in the early 1970s, their parents sent them to an uncle in Washington State. In 1972, the uncle, who spoke limited English, mistakenly believed Oneida was a prestigious boarding school and sent Huang, then 9, and his brother, then 10, to the school in Clay County.
At Oneida, Huang scrubbed toilets and taught his 17-year-old roommate to read in exchange for learning how to bench-press. In 2019, he donated $2 million to his alma mater to build a new girls' dormitory and classroom building, returning for the dedication of the hall named after him. Oneida today has about 350 students, including about 65 international students from around the world.
Source: Kentucky Lantern
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 肯塔基州克莱县法院（县治 Manchester）。（W.marsh 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）
