A survey of approximately 3,000 Nvidia employees found that 76% to 78% are millionaires, while roughly half have net worth above $25 million. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he still personally reviews compensation recommendations for the company’s approximately 42,000 employees at the end of each cycle and nearly always increases operating expenses. He said, "If you take care of the employees, everything else will follow," and claimed that more billionaires have emerged from his management team than from that of any other CEO. The wealth-building mechanism is Nvidia’s employee stock purchase plan, or ESPP, which allows workers to buy company shares at a 15% discount. Nvidia’s stock has risen nearly 3,800% since 2019, substantially increasing employee wealth, while the company reached a $4 trillion market capitalization in July 2025. Workers who accumulated shares during the post-2008 recovery and held them through the artificial-intelligence boom benefited most, although employees joining in 2025 face a different opportunity because much of the stock’s gains have already occurred. The concentration of employees with substantial equity wealth could also affect consumer spending and the technology labor market around Santa Clara, California.