Nvidia is now worth $102M per employee

Post by danielxli » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 9:18 PM UTC

chx wrote: post #18

grobbyy wrote: post #6

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I think about it the other way. Businesses with high $/revenue per employee, high margin, etc. tend to be fundamentally better managed and more robust. I'm not claiming that applies to Nvidia either way specifically, but it's a good sign in the generic: 1. They're efficient. 2. They've avoided the curse of overhiring (hi, Google!) 3. They can stay afloat even if business drops a lot.

But this article is about market cap not revenue. But even revenue is almost meaningless for the things you mention -- it's profit per employee which would be interesting. And for that, tech companies are nowhere near the top. Check this https://airleasecorp.com/press/air-lease-corporation-announc... they made 753.6M in 2023 with 163 employees or 4.6M per employee. No one comes even close. No one. I believe Fannie Ma…

Post by musicale » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 3:26 AM UTC

csa wrote: post #19

bryanlarsen wrote: post #16

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$20M might be optimal if tuition was $0 and they didn't receive any research grants.

> if tuition was $0 https://sfs.mit.edu/undergraduate-students/the-cost-of-atten... I couldn’t find the number quickly, but tuition is not a big funding source for the university. They are quite generous with tuition grants. This might not be true for the MBA program, but probably is for many/most other programs. > … and they didn't receive any research grants. Yeah. This is where I think one needs to look at exactly…

Post by st380752143 » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 4:41 AM UTC

hiyer wrote: post #34

Any nvidia employees here? How much are you worth now? ;-)

Post by grobbyy » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 3:30 PM UTC

g15jv2dp wrote: post #14

grobbyy wrote: post #5

Believe it or not, elite universities are reaching similar heights. MIT is at roughly $20M endowment per faculty member. All caveats apply. 20≠100, employees might include staff and grad students, etc. Still, I would never advise anyone to donate to any institution like this.

An endowment is entirely different from a market capitalization. How can you write "employees might include staff" and keep a straight face? Yes, they do, how is this even in question? MIT has 1089 faculty members but 17,180 employees total. That's a 15x difference.

Post by orenlindsey » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 4:17 PM UTC