3 Minutes to Understand the First Company in History to Reach a $5 Trillion Market Cap: NVIDIA

In 1993, Jensen Huang and two friends started NVIDIA with just $600. Their first graphics chip nearly destroyed the company. They were rejected, mocked, and pushed to the edge of bankruptcy. But Jensen Huang kept going. From early gaming graphics to the GPU revolution, NVIDIA gradually built the technology that would eventually help power the AI era. Today, NVIDIA is worth more than $5.5 trillion. This is the story of how a company that started with $600 became one of the most valuable companies in history.