Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun has 50 direct subordinates and writes hundreds of emails every day.
CTOnews.com, Nov. 30 (Xinhua)-- Huang Renxun, founder and CEO of Nvidia, revealed his unique management style, including "50 direct subordinates", in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday.
Huang Renxun said that the reason why he has so many direct subordinates is that it can prevent the company from building unnecessary management. According to CTOnews.com, most CEO have only about 10 direct subordinates.
Huang Renxun said, "the more direct subordinates of CEO, the fewer levels of the company. This keeps the information flowing," he added, which makes Nvidia's performance better.
Huang Renxun also said that senior managers should be able to operate independently and should need "very little management". "people who report to CEO should need the least care, so I don't think they need life advice or career guidance," Huang said. "they should be at the top of their games and be very good at their work."
According to a recent report in the New Yorker, Huang Renxun also likes to get information directly from ordinary employees by receiving short emails every week, which list the five most important things that any particular employee is doing. Huang Renxun also likes to write hundreds of short emails to his employees every day, many of which are only a few words.
Nvidia's shares have risen more than 228% so far this year, driven by strong demand for the company's high-end graphics processors (GPU), which are used to train and run AI models, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT.