Jensen Huang started Nvidia at a Denny’s breakfast booth [Video]

Some people start businesses in their parents’ garages or basements. Others start theirs in college, building a clientele among fellow students.

Jensen Huang started his trillion-dollar tech company Nvidia while eating at a Denny’s restaurant in San Jose, California, he recently told CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Nvidia, one of the chipmakers behind the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry, is currently worth $2.22 trillion, ranking it among the most valuable companies in the world. But in 1993, it was a business idea shared by three friends and engineers — Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem — who wanted to revolutionize gaming and media with 3D graphics.

In 1993, the trio met at the Denny’s location, Huang said. He was 30 years old, married and a father of two when inspiration struck him at the same restaurant where he once worked as a busboy at age 15, he added

“We came right here to this Denny’s, sat right back there, and the three of us decided …