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Chapter 266 Arrangements for NVIDIA

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Junfeng couldn't help but look at the bulky laptop on the table and complained, "The performance of computers these days is really bad. Even when checking some files, it's very slow. It's not as smooth as the Nvidia 4090 graphics card in my previous life..."

"Wait -! NVIDIA,...it should have been established by this point in time, right?" Zhang Junfeng suddenly had an idea and quickly thought of another investment target with huge potential. If he could catch up with the investment in this company, the future returns would definitely not be much worse than Apple!
I guess no one would have thought that NVIDIA, co-founded by Huang Renxun, Chris Malakowski and Curtis Prim in 1993, would have a market value of over 31 trillion US dollars 1.8 years later, surpassing Google and becoming the third largest company in the US stock market after Microsoft and Apple!

In Zhang Junfeng's memory, NVIDIA initially focused on graphics chip design business and seemed somewhat mediocre among its peers.

In June 1996, the company received the second round of financing from Sequoia Capital and Sierra Venture Capital. During this period, due to a shortage of development funds, CEO Huang Renxun fired more than 6 employees and invested the remaining funds in the design and development of new products.

1997年4月，推出全球首款128位3D处理器RIVA 128，在上市后的前四个月内出货量突破100万台。

In January 1999, NVIDIA went public. In the same year, NVIDIA invented the graphics processing unit (GPU), which greatly promoted the development of the PC gaming market and redefined computer graphics technology.

In 2000, NVIDIA and Microsoft reached a cooperation to develop hardware such as graphics processors for Microsoft's first Xbox game console. In addition to releasing upgraded products of the GeForce and Quadro series, it also released the world's first notebook GPU "GeForce2 Go"!
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It can be said that after NVIDIA went public in 1999, it has been making great strides and attracted many companies to cooperate with it through its excellent product performance. By 2001, its annual revenue exceeded 10 billion US dollars, making it the fastest-growing semiconductor company in the United States and was included in the Nasdaq 100 Index and the S&P 500 Index!

At present, NVIDIA has not yet gone public, and the company's stock price has not seen a surge. If you can raise funds in advance and get a portion of its shares before it goes public, you only need to continue to increase your holdings and you will be able to witness the steady increase in the stocks you hold every year, thus achieving true "value investment"!
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After quickly recalling the relevant information about NVIDIA in his mind, Zhang Junfeng quickly made up his mind that this time he must acquire as many shares of NVIDIA as possible!
It’s just that for a computer hardware supplier like NVIDIA, there is naturally no problem in acquiring a small amount of shares. However, if they acquire too many shares, it will inevitably attract special attention from certain departments. The United States has relatively strict supervision over these companies with high-tech technologies and will not allow their technologies to flow into other countries, especially Asia!
After all, NVIDIA is not like Apple and Amazon today. Although it has extremely high investment value and potential, it still appears to be relatively "ordinary" among many technology companies.

"…It may not be appropriate for me to come forward myself, but if I can get a big shot to endorse me, there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Zhang Junfeng quickly thought of Nacho Morgan and Mato Walls who had strongly supported him at the banquet two days ago.

He wanted to get two top financial institutions, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, to invest in the company. Even if the US government had any objections, he could ask the two companies to help solve some difficult problems, which would save him a lot of trouble!
Thinking of this, Zhang Junfeng quickly called Nacho Morgan, intending to discuss it with him as soon as possible.

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Nacho Morgan, who was checking documents in the office, was a little surprised by Zhang Junfeng's sudden call, especially when he heard on the phone that Zhang Junfeng was going to get him and Mato Walls to invest in a less famous company, Nacho Morgan was still confused. After all, as several major manufacturers in the computer production chain (hardware + software), Dell, Microsoft, and Intel's performance should be more valuable than NVIDIA, right?

In response to Nacho Morgan's questioning, Zhang Junfeng was quite calm. "According to the current trend, the popularity of computers will continue to increase over time. At the same time, computer performance will continue to be optimized and improved. Although NVIDIA is not a big company, its R&D capabilities in semiconductors are unquestionable!"

"Last year, NVIDIA successfully developed and launched the world's first 128-bit 3D processor, RIVA 128. Within the first four months after its launch, shipments exceeded 100 million units! Such solid achievements and R&D capabilities are much better than those Internet technology companies that can only talk on paper!"

"…As long as we give them enough support, it may not take a few years for it to grow rapidly. Maybe in 10 years it will become a top technology company like Microsoft!"

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Hearing that Zhang Junfeng was so optimistic about NVIDIA and even compared it to giant technology companies like Microsoft, Nacho Morgan was quickly impressed! After all, according to what Zhang Junfeng said, the money invested now can be almost negligible, but the benefits it can bring will be extremely amazing!

"... Zhang, congratulations on successfully convincing me! I will have someone contact NVIDIA, but I still need you to contact Mato Walsh."

"...You know the situation on his side. Matto Walls cannot make the final decision on major investments. The one who can really make the decision... is Henry Paulson, an old man who is over 70 years old..." Nacho Morgan deliberately slowed down his tone and said meaningfully.

In his opinion, the cooperation between Zhang Junfeng and Mato Walsh is certainly good, but with the rapid growth of Zhang Junfeng's side, Mato Walsh, who is only the vice president, has become a bit of a "drag"!

After all, although Goldman Sachs has a good reputation and strength, its vice president, Matto Walls, does not have much say in high-level meetings. Unlike him, as long as Nacho Morgan thinks it is okay, then the matter can be implemented directly.

Zhang Junfeng also quickly understood the meaning of the other party's words. However, Zhang Junfeng did not intend to abandon his "old partner" Mato Walls and replace him with someone else. Instead, after pondering for a moment, he suddenly mentioned to Nacho Morgan that Goldman Sachs Group would go public next year.

(End of this chapter)