Huang vs Brin

Nvidia and Alphabet (Google).

The differences

Forbes puts Sergey Brin about $73.3B ahead of Jensen Huang.Forbes figures from date not stated and 15 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Jensen Huang is about 10 years older than Sergey Brin.

Put someone else on either side

Huang

Brin

Net worth, Forbes: $192BForbes, 15 Oct 2026; $265BForbes, date not stated
Net worth, Bloomberg: $190BBloomberg, 9 Oct 2026; $271BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 7Real-Time list, 15 Oct 2026; No. 5Real-Time list, 30 Sep 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 2004First year on Forbes' billionaires list: the Los Angeles Times reported Brin and Page 'making their debut on the list' in February 2004

How it started: Co-founded itCo-founded Nvidia in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem (Bloomberg); Nvidia calls him co-founder; Co-founded itFormed Google with Larry Page in 1998
Main source: Nvidia stockBloomberg: 'The majority of Jensen Huang's fortune is derived from his stake in Nvidia'; Alphabet (Google) stockBloomberg: 'The majority of Sergey Brin's fortune is derived from a stake in Alphabet'; Bloomberg also counts $27.9 billion in cash
Companies: NvidiaNvidia: Founder, president and CEO, and director; Alphabet (Google)Alphabet (Google): Co-founder, director and Executive Committee member
Biggest stake: Nvidia3.3% owned; Alphabet (Google)6% owned

Born: 17 Feb 1963Taiwan; 21 Aug 1973Moscow, Russia
Country: United StatesLives in Los Altos, California, United States; United StatesLives in Los Altos, California, United States
Education: Graduate degreeBSEE, Oregon State University; MSEE, Stanford University; Graduate degreeBS in mathematics and computer science, University of Maryland, College Park; MS in computer science, Stanford University
Parents: His father was a chemical engineer and his mother taught grade school; His father, Michael Brin, was a mathematician and economist; his mother, Eugenia Brin, a NASA scientistCNN; Forbes says the family left Russia because of antisemitism

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Foundation; Sergey Brin Family Foundation
Lifetime giving: Not stated; $3.9BForbes, 6 Feb 2025. Forbes' estimate of lifetime charitable giving; more than $1.5 billion of it to Parkinson's research

Role now: Runs the companyFounder, president and CEO of Nvidia; On the boardAlphabet co-founder, director and member of its Executive Committee
Successor: None namedNo successor named; his daughter Madison Huang (senior director, physical AI product marketing) and son Spencer Huang (product manager, robotics) are employed by Nvidia, per its 2026 proxy; neither is on Nvidia's management team page; Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019Brin left the Alphabet presidency then; Alphabet reports no family relationships among its directors or executive officers
Public office: Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2026-; Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2026-
Legal record: None found; None found