Jensen Huang's Departure Comes at a High Cost: $108 Million in Equity Forfeited

Jensen Huang will lose approximately $108 million in unvested equity compensation following his removal from NVIDIA Corporation, but this represents only a small fraction of his total wealth. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, these forfeited equity awards account for about 0.08% of his net worth. The index estimates Huang's wealth at $138.4 billion. NVIDIA's equity compensation policy stipulates that upon termination of an executive's continuous service, their unvested RSUs, or restricted stock units, will be cancelled. Huang holds approximately 346,000 such units, and assuming the company achieves specific performance targets, he would receive about 310,000 shares through the company's equity incentive plan. Unlike many other tech company CEOs, Huang's wealth comes almost entirely from his holdings of NVIDIA common stock, rather than stock options or other forms of equity compensation.