Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Nears $200 Billion Club—Overtakes Michael Dell As 7th Richest

BreakingBusinessNvidia’s Jensen Huang Nears $200 Billion Club—Overtakes Michael Dell As 7th RichestByTy Roush,Forbes Staff. Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City.Follow AuthorMay 11, 2026, 01:27pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ToplineNvidia CEO Jensen Huang became the world’s seventh-richest person on Monday, overtaking Dell founder Michael Dell as Nvidia rallied toward another record, bringing Huang’s fortune close to $200 billion for the first time. Shares of the world’s largest company approached another record. AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsForbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List estimates Huang’s net worth at $191.5 billion as of Monday afternoon, adding $5.6 billion on the day, ranking Nvidia’s chief executive just ahead of Dell, whose fortune dropped $2.9 billion to $191.2 billion.Huang holds roughly 3% of Nvidia, whose shares rose 2.4%, while shares of Dell—whose founder holds about a 40% stake—declined 5.5%.The intraday movement would pace a record close for Nvidia, surpassing an earlier all-time high of $216.61, and put its market cap at an all-time record high for publicly traded companies: more than $5.3 trillion.Nvidia also paces a four-day winning streak that has added about $550 billion to the company’s market capitalization (only 18 U.S. companies have a market cap of $550 billion or more as of Monday).The latest advancement for Nvidia’s stock comes after Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan shared a photo of himself with Huang in a post on X, writing that Intel and Nvidia were collaborating on “exciting new products.” if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef...