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,... should have been established by this time, right?" Zhang Junfeng suddenly thought of another investment target with great potential. If he could catch up with the investment in this company, the future income would definitely not be much worse than that of Apple! It is estimated that no one would have thought that in 1993, NVIDIA, co-founded by Huang Renxun, Chris Malakowski and Curtis Prim, would have a market value of over 1.8 trillion US dollars 31 years later, surpassing Google, and its market value is second only to Microsoft and Apple, becoming the third largest company in the US stock market!
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 50 employees and invested the remaining funds in the design and development of new products.
In April 1997, the world's first 128-bit 3D processor, RIVA 128, was launched, with shipments exceeding 1 million units within the first four months after its launch.
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 launching upgraded products of the GeForce and Quadro series, it also released the world's first notebook GPU "GeForce2 Go"! ……
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 1 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 yet seen a sharp rise. If I can raise funds in advance and get a portion of its shares before it goes public, I can just keep increasing my holdings and I will be able to see the stocks I hold rise steadily every year, thus achieving true "value investment"! ...
After quickly recalling the relevant information about NVIDIA in his mind, Zhang Junfeng quickly made up his mind that he must take as many shares of NVIDIA as possible this time! It's just that for a computer hardware supplier like NVIDIA, it's naturally no problem to acquire a small amount of shares, but if you acquire too much, it will inevitably attract special attention from certain departments. The United States has strict supervision over these high-tech companies and will not allow their technology 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 is still 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.
Thinking of getting JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, two top financial institutions, to invest together, even if the American government has any objections, they can come forward to help solve some difficult problems, which will save him a lot of trouble! Thinking of this, Zhang Junfeng quickly called Nacho Morgan and planned 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 an unknown company, Nacho Morgan still had a lot of confusion in his heart.
After all, as several major manufacturers in the computer production chain (hardware + software), the performance of Dell, Microsoft, and Intel are more valuable for investment than that of 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 1 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.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
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)