Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's leather jacket sells for $960,000 at Sotheby's
The gist
A signed Tom Ford leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold at Sotheby's for $960,000, far above its $40,000–$60,000 estimate.
The sale shows how the black jacket became a personal trademark for the head of a $4.5 trillion chip company.
How it unfolded
- 2016In a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, Huang joked that people may know him as "the guy in the leather jacket who repeats things three times."
- 2021Huang appeared on the cover of Time magazine wearing a leather jacket.
- Oct 2023Huang wore the Tom Ford jacket at Foxconn Tech Day in Taipei, and said on HP's online show The Moment that his wife and daughter dress him.
Key terms
- Sotheby's
- A British multinational auction house known for selling fine art, jewellery, and collectibles.
- Ask Me Anything
- An online question-and-answer interview format where users ask a person anything.
Source: Wikipedia