"Video cards or death?": kids in Taiwan wear Nvidia's "Jensen Huang costume" for Halloween

A 5-year-old boy from Taipei has found a unique way to stand out this Halloween by dressing up as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Creating the costume didn’t require much effort—just a black leather jacket, glasses, and models of graphic accelerators were enough.

“He understands that he looks like a very prominent person,” said the boy's mother, Kuo Yuyun, in an interview with Business Insider.

She added that she was inspired by Huang's look when she saw the Nvidia leader on television.

“He always wears classic black leather jackets when visiting the simplest markets in Taiwan. This contrasting image made a strong impression on me, so I asked my son to dress up as him this time.”

It took a week to find the costume elements, and the completed outfit was ultimately showcased at the Tianmu's Halloween festival in Taipei. Photos of the boy have already gone viral online and might eventually catch Huang's attention.

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Huang, who was born in Taiwan, founded Nvidia in 1993. In recent years, the AI boom has transformed the chipmaker into a tech giant valued at $3.42 trillion, while Jensen himself has amassed a fortune of $122 billion, ranking 11th among the richest people in the world.

In his homeland, Huang is often greeted like a rock star, with crowds forming to take pictures or get autographs—last year, Nvidia’s leader even had to sign a woman's chest. Jensen’s leather jacket, which he seldom parts with, has also become somewhat legendary—during one meeting, it was even requested by "famed fashionista" Mark Zuckerberg.