Nvidia's stock surge has boosted cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang's net worth. Huang, now worth nearly $70 billion, is close to entering the ranks of the world's top 20 billionaires. Nvidia's share price surge is thanks to a boom in artificial intelligence and impressive company earnings. Since the start of 2022, Nvidia's stock price has increased five times, sending the fortune of cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang skyrocketing. Now worth nearly $70 billion, the 61-year-old Huang — who owns 3.5% of Nvidia — is on the cusp of breaking into the ranks of the world's top 20 billionaires on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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