Beijing needs to send Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang a thank-you note. Nvidia and fellow chip maker AMD are so hell-bent on selling to China that they even agreed to be taxed 15% by the U.S. government on their China sales. Washington gets tax revenue; China gets free lobbying against export restrictions.

The tech executive is worth a staggering $151 billion—and luckily for staff, Nvidia’s unique stock option allows them to reap the gains of the $4 trillion company too.