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Emma Burleigh

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says people need to find success in traditional factory jobs again: 'Every successful person doesn't need to have a PhD'

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Credit: Ezra Acayan / Stringer / Getty Images)

The U.S. is on an AI tear, racing against other nations like China to develop the most cutting-edge technology. It’s a shift that has many white-collar workers hand-wringing over their jobs being automated—but Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is adamant that people returning to factory work is key for success. 

“We want to re-industrialize the United States. We need to be back in manufacturing,” Huang said recently on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “Every successful person doesn’t need to have a PhD. Every successful person doesn’t have to have gone to Stanford or MIT.”

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