Wardrobe takeover: The rise of leatherjackets among mavericks of deep tech

The founder of NVIDIA, one of the most valuable companies on the planet today, has been wearing leather jackets for 20 years, thanks to his daughter’s influence

This writer first noticed the leather jacket, casually slung over a chair in a corner office in a deep-tech startup; then at a community event for techies in Bengaluru, she noticed more. Sure, there were worn-out T shirts and ill-fitting jeans, but there were as many smart chinos, sneakers from Comet and leather jackets.

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. (Bloomberg)

Even though they are a little out of place in Bengaluru’s mild weather, it would appear that the leather jacket, now ubiquitous in certain parts of