Jensen Huang explains why he has 50 direct reports

Another question. We have a lot of business leaders and CEOs here, and I think they're going to be surprised to hear this. You have 40 direct reports at the company.

50 direct reports.

50 direct reports. Most people say. I don't know if we have any consultants in the room. They'd say, you know what, half a dozen, maybe 10. That should be the limit. What's your philosophy or theory here?

Well, the people that report to the CEO should require the least amount of pampering. And so I don't think they need life advice. I don't think they need career guidance. They should be at the top of their game, incredibly good at their craft, and unless they need my personal help, you know, they should require very little management. The more direct reports a CEO has, the less layers are in the company. It allows us to keep information fluid. It allows us to make sure that everyone is empowered by information. And our company just performs better because everybody's aligned, everybody's informed of what's going on.