Jensen Huang’s Tom Ford Jacket Is Fashion’s Priciest Hand-Me-Down: The Little Black Number Sold For $960,000 At Sotheby’s In July

Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is famous for his leather jackets. (Photos: AP and Sotheby's)

Jensen Huang has been in the headlines, and the reason has nothing to do with AI technology. The former Nvidia chief resigned on Thursday amid reports of a spy scandal, and the company has lost $550bn (£415bn) in stock market value in five days as the story dominated the news cycle.

The internet has done what it always does and turned it into memes and jokes. His fashion and style have also entered the chatroom. Huang’s black leather jackets, always a point of scrutiny, have built up a fan base among fashion people who are paying attention to the outerwear and not the earnings call.

At a Sotheby’s auction in July this year, one of his pre-owned Tom Ford leather jackets went under the hammer with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. According to reports, it sold for $960,000 after 65 bids. The piece has been named “The Jensen Jacket”.

The catalogue note ties it to some of the “most consequential moments in modern technology”. It adds: “For more than a decade, Huang wore this style jacket during Nvidia’s landmark product launches, developer conferences, major…

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