Jensen Huang, the leather jacket-clad CEO of Nvidia, wrapped a four-day visit to South Korea that balanced high-stakes supply chain negotiations with genuine pop culture moments.
From June 5 to June 8, Huang appeared on the hit Korean talk show “You Quiz on the Block” and threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Doosan Bears baseball game. Underneath the spectacle, he held meetings with Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai focused on AI data centers, robotics, and autonomous driving.
South Korea is home to the world’s only major producers of high-bandwidth memory chips, the specialized components essential to Nvidia’s AI GPUs. At the APEC Summit in October 2025, Nvidia committed over 250,000 GPUs to bolster Korea’s AI infrastructure. Huang’s latest discussions reportedly centered on HBM chip supply, AI data center expansion, and next-generation robotics.
A dedicated tracking website monitoring Huang’s itinerary attracted over 70,000 visitors. Korean stock prices for Nvidia’s local partners rose during the visit. This marks Huang’s second trip to South Korea in seven months, signaling major deals are either in progress or imminent.
For investors, Nvidia’s deepening relationship with Samsung and SK Hynix strengthens supply chain resilience, reducing risk of production bottlenecks that could slow GPU shipments. Huang is managing a critical vulnerability through personal relationships and public goodwill, not just contracts.