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This quotation illustrates how out of touch with reality a CEO of a large company can get. At the time, leading insurance companies were urging auto manufacturers to at least offer seat belts as an option. The Department of Transportation test also showed that airbags would save many lives and reduce injuries. Ford was not alone in refusing the examine the experiments seriously. Thousands of Americans died and were maimed while Airbags became an issue that had to be mandated politically rather than leaving it to the leaders of the automotive industry. This quotation is often used to show that the Private Sector simply cannot be trusted to place the public’s health and lives above their profits and hence regulation is needed.


Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang
  • Born: February 17, 1963
  • Nationality: Taiwanese, American
  • Profession: Businessman, Electrical Engineer

Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang is a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer and business executive who serves as president and CEO of the Nvidia Corporation, which he co-founded in 1993. Huang graduated from Oregon State University before moving to California. He earned a master's degree from Stanford University. In 2008, Forbes listed him as the 61st highest paid CEO in a list of U.S. CEOs and one of the wealthiest Asian Americans.