en.Wedoany.com Reported - On May 13 local time, the U.S. presidential aircraft "Air Force One," en route to Beijing, stopped in Anchorage, Alaska, for refueling. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, wearing a backpack and his signature black leather jacket, stepped onto the boarding stairs at the very last moment. Just hours earlier, the name of the helmsman of the world's most valuable tech company had not appeared on the White House's publicly released list of 16 business titans accompanying the trip.

The list released by the White House five days prior did not include Jensen Huang. Tech industry peers such as Tim Cook and Elon Musk were prominently listed, while NVIDIA was excluded, sparking speculation about whether the U.S. side intended to keep AI chip issues off the agenda for this visit. The reversal occurred after departure. According to sources cited by Bloomberg, after seeing extensive media coverage of Huang's absence, Trump personally called to invite him. Huang immediately flew to Alaska and boarded the aircraft during its refueling stop. NVIDIA subsequently issued an official statement to multiple media outlets, with extremely restrained wording: "Invited by the President, attending the summit to support the United States and the administration's objectives." The explanation given by White House Communications Director Steven Cheung was that Huang had a "schedule change" and happened to catch the flight.

Jensen Huang appeared on the aircraft because of a phone call. After seeing extensive media coverage of Huang's absence, Trump personally called to invite him. Huang immediately flew to Alaska and boarded the aircraft mid-journey.

NVIDIA's subsequently released official statement consisted of just one sentence: "Invited by the President, attending the summit to support the United States and the administration's objectives." Following business titans like Tim Cook and Elon Musk, Jensen Huang became the final member of the U.S. high-profile business delegation.

On May 13, Elon Musk posted on social media, stating, "I am on Air Force One heading to Beijing."

Someone posted that the CEOs on Air Force One had a combined "net worth" exceeding $20 trillion, to which Musk replied, "Only Lao Huang (Jensen Huang) and I are on Air Force One."

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