In an unexpected development, Jensen Huang and his niece are reportedly heading to Tsinghua University to "go to work."

At the end of September, the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management updated its advisory board roster, with NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) boss Jensen Huang, AMD chief Lisa Su, and Pictet Group's representative all newly joining as members.

Yes, you read that correctly. Jensen Huang, the man who oversees a company with a global market capitalization of three trillion dollars, is going to Tsinghua to serve as an advisor.

The Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board was established in October 2000. Its membership is primarily composed of heads of global multinational corporations, deans of top business schools, and scholars in the field of economics.

The board was created with the original intention of building a communication channel between the school and the global industrial community, helping to elevate teaching and research standards, and advancing the school's development into a world-class economics and management discipline.

Aside from the symbolic inclusion of Tsinghua's president and dean, the board's members are almost entirely among the world's wealthiest individuals.

The current chairman is Apple CEO Tim Cook. International members include Musk, Zuckerberg, Nadella, Dell, as well as heads of global giants such as BlackRock, JPMorgan, and Citigroup.

On the domestic side, Jack Ma, Pony Ma, and Robin Li are also members. In addition, there are deans from the world's top business schools and Nobel laureates in economics.

The reason so many brilliant minds can be gathered together ultimately comes down to the positioning of this advisory board: it has never been merely a "business school consulting body," but rather the most stable and dignified informal communication channel between decision-makers and global business elites.

Its core function is to translate commercial power into public identity, market demand into educational cooperation, and policy communication into international exchange.

And this kind of translation is necessary. Because in modern society, the relationship between commercial power and public interest is inherently complex. Enterprises need markets, and markets revolve around policy. Enterprises need talent, and talent needs education. Enterprises need technology, and technology needs research.

Therefore, Jensen Huang joining Tsinghua this time is a two-way convergence.

For Tsinghua, given Jensen Huang's personal stature and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)'s world-leading technological and strategic position, inviting him to join allows Tsinghua students to experience the most cutting-edge thinking in chips firsthand.

Think about it: Jensen Huang's GPUs are training the world's most expensive large models. Textbooks can never catch up with frontline practice, but when the practitioner personally comes to teach, students receive the most前沿 knowledge.

This is what is scarcest in top-tier education — not knowledge itself, but the immersion in on-site atmosphere, the influence of personal charisma, and the granularity of cognition.

And Jensen Huang teaching at Tsinghua also benefits NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)'s future strategic development.

You should know that China is not just a market — it is the world's largest talent pool, largest application scenario, and largest supply chain hub. And Tsinghua concentrates the brightest minds in all of China.

Ultimately, if Jensen Huang can use the Tsinghua platform to maintain contact with Chinese AI developers, maintain dialogue with Chinese AI companies, and maintain communication with the Chinese government, then even under chip embargo restrictions, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) can still maintain a certain influence in China's AI ecosystem.

You should know that Jensen Huang is just over sixty this year. For entrepreneurs at this age, the money in their accounts has long been more than they can spend. What drives them to keep moving forward is something else — legacy.

Not a legacy left to their children, but a legacy left to the era. The products you build will become obsolete, the money you accumulate will be eaten away by inflation, but the group of young people you personally mentor will grow into the next generation of Jensen Huangs.

This is the highest form of compound interest in the business world.

Ultimately, when it comes to chips, there is no simple black and white — only complex coexistence. This partnership between Jensen Huang and Tsinghua is a specimen of that complex coexistence.

Tsinghua welcomes you, Professor Jensen Huang!