By Jocelyn Fernandes
Publication Date: 2025-12-21 09:39:00
World’s richest man, Elon Musk, who recently crossed the record $700 billion worth milestone, in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), agreed with and boosted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s view on work ethic and leadership.
“This is the way,” wrote Elon Musk on a clip of Jensen Huang‘s March 2024 interview at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where the Nvidia chief recalled his time doing odd jobs such as a busboy and a waiter.
‘No task beneath me’ says Jensen Huang
“To me, no task is beneath me because, remember, I used to be a dishwasher [and] I used to clean toilets. I’ve cleaned a lot of toilets. I’ve cleaned more toilets than all of you (audience) combined. And some of them I just can’t unsee. That’s life,” Huang said while discussing his job at Denny’s.
“You can’t show me a task that’s beneath me. I’m not doing it only because whether it’s beneath me or not. If you send me something and you want my input on it, and I can be of service to you, and in my review of it, share with you how I reasoned through it, I’ve made a contribution to you. I’ve made it possible for you to see how I reasoned through something,” he said.
On how this shapes his leadership, Huang added, “And by reasoning, as you know, how someone reasons through something…
