Taiwan gives Huang a hero's welcome as 'Jensanity' reigns

Wherever AI darling Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang goes in Taiwan, his adoring fans and excited reporters follow, hanging on his every word, arms outstretched as they beseech him to sign books, posters and even baseballs.

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Huang, born in Taiwan’s historic capital of Tainan before migrating to the United States when he was nine, is visiting Taipei this week for the annual Computex trade show, and his every move has been watched since his private jet touched down on Friday afternoon.

“Jensen I love you!” one woman shouted out to him from the crowd in English as he greeted a throng in front of a Taipei restaurant on Saturday night where he was entertaining Taiwanese tech titans from companies like chip-maker TSMC, dubbed by local media the “trillion dollar dinner” given the market capitalisation of the assembled firms.

“I love coming to Taiwan and love seeing everybody here and I appreciate their support, and everybody’s very, very kind,” Mr Huang told Reuters when asked about the wildly enthusiastic reception he gets in Taiwan.

Visiting Taipei for Computex last year, some Taiwanese media termed the expression “Jensanity” to describe the level of devotion he generates when he visits.