Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 475 - 391 NVIDIA Shares

After bidding farewell to Ms. Anna, Link jumped from the deck into the sea for a swim.

Sasaki Nozomi watched from the deck for a while before exhaling softly and jumping in after him.

Her swimming skills were decent, with slender legs that made for an attractive sight, but her stamina was limited, and soon she became too exhausted to swim on. Link took her to dive under the sea, trying to emulate the actions from a adult movie.

After several attempts, which weren't quite satisfying, they returned to the yacht.

Having spent a few days at sea, most of his concerns were evaporated by the sun, and he regained some spirit.

By late March, he flew back to New York.

Nozomi stayed in Miami. In early March, a magnitude nine earthquake struck the northeast Pacific region of Japan, leading to a leak of radioactive materials from two nuclear power plants in Fukushima, causing panic among the Japanese people.

The crisis was not yet over at this stage, and the surrounding area was severely contaminated, making it safer for Nozomi to stay in Miami.

Just after Link returned to New York, he received good news from Ms. Cathy Wood. The fourth-largest shareholder of NVIDIA Corporation, State Street Capital, agreed to transfer 3.72% of its shares at a price of 550 million US dollars.

State Street Capital also proposed a method of transaction: to swap with the Twitter shares he held.

Considering that Twitter's market value was under 50 billion US dollars, about one-third of NVIDIA's, he would need to exchange about 12.7% of Twitter shares for the deal.

After the third round of financing, Link was left with only 14.5% of Twitter's shares.

If he agreed to the trade, his shareholding in Twitter would plummet to below 3%.

Link requested that Cathy continue negotiations with them.

Although NVIDIA's market value was higher than Twitter's at the time, Twitter's growth rate was much faster than NVIDIA's. At the beginning of the previous year, its market value had just crossed one billion dollars, by August it had reached two billion, and after a successful round of financing early in the year, it had climbed to four billion, with projections it would hit ten billion by year's end.

Twitter Company was planning to go public the next year, and the question was whether it could become the next Facebook and enter into the hundred billion-dollar company club?

Many investment banks on Wall Street gave affirmative answers.

Professional media like The Wall Street Journal expressed strong confidence in Twitter's development, recognizing Twitter's significant role in the social networking field. With over eighty million followers on the Twitter platform, Link was the celebrity with the most followers across all major social networks.

This also indicated Twitter's vast potential.

It also kindled investors' enthusiasm; since Twitter's third round of financing, many consortia and investors wanted to get their hands on Twitter shares, driving the market value continually higher.

And as the second-largest shareholder, Link's stakes became a coveted asset among the consortia.

Based on the current situation, it was inappropriate to swap shares at the market price for NVIDIA shares.

After several rounds of discussions, State Street Capital agreed to a 11.3% Twitter share exchange, which was their bottom line.

After considering it, Link opted for the trade, exchanging 9.3% of his Twitter shares and eighty million in cash and securities for State Street Capital's 3.72% stake in NVIDIA.

Although Twitter's market value at one point exceeded two hundred billion US dollars after going public, the company struggled with advertising and promotion profitability and gradually fell behind in competition with platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Weibo, etc., posting deficits of hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

This led to a significant reduction in Twitter's user base and a substantial drop in market value.

In 2022, when Musk fully acquired Twitter for 44 billion US dollars, it was partly due to Twitter's poor management.

In 2023, NVIDIA's market value successfully exceeded one trillion, becoming the fifth American internet technology giant after Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon to join the 'trillion-dollar club'. In 2024, its market value surpassed two trillion, showing even greater potential than Twitter.

Upon completing the transaction, Link held a total of 5.3% of NVIDIA Corporation shares.

Of these, 1.6% were purchased by Cathy and her investment team from the stock market and other shareholders, costing him more than two hundred million in cash reserves.

After acquiring 5.3% of NVIDIA Corporation shares, Link became the sixth-largest shareholder of the company.

The first was Vanguard Asset Management Company, with around 13.31%, the second was BNY Mellon with about 12.1%, Fidelity Management & Research Company at 8.6%, the fourth was NVIDIA founder Jason Huang with 8.2%, and the fifth was State Street Capital with 5.8%.

Link didn't hold the NVIDIA shares in his name when executing the trade; he used the name of Golden Shell Investment Company.

This company was established in early December of the previous year, managing all the shares of his American companies, including 16.2% in Tesla, 5.3% in NVIDIA Corporation, 5.2% in Twitter, and 0.004% in Amazon, with a total market value of approximately 1.9 billion US dollars.

Link served as the chairman of Golden Shell Investment Company, owning 98% of the shares.

Cathy Wood held 1%, and the company's other management owned approximately 1%.

The company's primary business includes financial tax consulting, investment consulting, financial tax agency, asset custody, industrial investment, and investment information consulting. It also accepts investments from other clients, with an entry standard of ten million US dollars.

"I have thirty million on my account; what if I entrust it to Golden Shell Capital for management?"

At the dinner table, Ivanka stabbed a strawberry with her fork and asked.

"Investment comes with risks, before you enter the field, you need to be prepared to lose money."

Link said while eating his bread.

"No problem, with Link Music, I don't have to worry about running out of money. Besides, The Wall Street Journal has praised your sharp eye and insight in investments. I believe in you,"

Ivanka said.

Link gave a gentle smile.

Some time ago, the Golden Shell Investment Company's stock exchange with State Street Capital had garnered quite a bit of attention on Wall Street.

A transaction nearing a billion US Dollars is not considered huge on Wall Street, but because it involved him, a celebrity, it became headline news.

Also, because the development prospects of Twitter Company were good, it belonged to the hot stocks.

Meanwhile, NVIDIA had gone public in '99 and had a market value surge past 20 billion in '03. In '05, due to a failed market decision, it fell to 15 billion US Dollars, and during the '08 financial crisis, it dropped below 10 billion US Dollars. It recovered slightly in the next two years, but after entering the mobile phone sector last year and failing, its market value dropped again. The current market value is less than 15 billion US Dollars, making it an unpopular stock.

Exchanging hot stocks for cold ones was obviously a poor move.

At the time of the transaction, most media believed that Golden Shell was exchanging shares of a company with endless potential for an unpopular stock, which was a wrong decision. They said that Link would regret it after Twitter went public and that he would suffer a big loss on this deal, turning it into a Waterloo in his life.

However, a minority of the media supported his decision.

For instance, The Wall Street Journal reported that the American stock market had experienced two financial crises caused by the virtual economy in ten years, leading to high risks and uncertainties in the virtual economy.

Link's move to shift his investments from the Internet sector to NVIDIA, a more real-world semiconductor manufacturer, was seen as a good way to avoid risk.

Link made no explanations for external commentary, whether good or bad.

After securing a large number of Tesla and NVIDIA Corporation shares, he felt a lot more settled inside. Now all he needed to do was hold on to these two stocks without making rash moves, and in another ten years, his net worth would be at least several tens of billions at the base.

With a net worth of tens of billions, in America, he would rank at the very top of the pyramid. The rest of his life would just be about living comfortably, marrying a capable and wise helper, having a bunch of heirs, and his life would be complete.

Link looked over at Miss Ivanka Baker, sitting opposite with her curly blonde hair and a demeanor of cool elegance, and suddenly thought that marrying her was not a bad choice at all.

"Is there a problem?"

Ivanka touched the corner of her lips with her finger to see if there was any jam on her face.

"If we get married, would you change your name to Ivanka Baker?"

Link asked with a smile.

Ivanka looked at him with surprise and said, expressionless, "I could, on the condition that you propose to me first."

"How many kids would you want to have after we're married?"

Link continued to ask.

"How many do you want?"

"How about ten?"

"Ten?!"

Ivanka frowned slightly and indifferently said, "As long as you don't find it bothersome, I don't have a problem with it."

Link smiled softly and continued with his breakfast.

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Ivanka stared at him and asked.

"Can we have children before getting married?"

"Absolutely not, don't even think about it."

Ivanka said coldly.

Link nodded, deciding not to take the risk since he had already suffered a heavy blow with Taylor.

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Encountering another strong and independent Ivanka, if he did this again, he would probably be the one to suffer in the end.