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After revelations of an affair with an alleged Chinese spy possibly involved in illegal transfers of Nvidia chips to China, Jensen Huang, CEO, chair, and co-founder of semiconductor giant Nvidia has resigned all positions with the company. There are new allegations of a second affair with a married co-worker as well.
I first encountered Nvidia during their early success as a manufacturer of graphics cards and GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) for PCs. Later, people realized GPUs also worked for high-performance applications like supercomputers and, most recently, AI. That last one has driven the company into the stratosphere, becoming a trillion dollar company at one point though the recent crash in the AI field along with this week's events had lowered its value significantly.
So what next?
For Huang, who knows? If Lori, his wife of 40 years, decides to pack in the marriage, he's probably losing as much as $75 billion by some estimates. And she would join Mackenzie Bezos and Melinda Gates as a rich tech ex-wife. For Jensen himself, he is apparently good friends with Elon Musk so maybe a role at one of Elon's companies?
For Nvidia? Their CFO Colette Kress is stepping in as interim CEO. She'll try to keep the company on course while the board decides on a new CEO and chair. If she does well, who knows? Maybe they give her the job permanently.
And the lesson: Don't (poop) where you eat. I mean seriously, both of Huang's affairs were either business associates or co-workers. This would likely have played out differently if he'd been screwing an actress or model or someone like that with no business connection.
I first encountered Nvidia during their early success as a manufacturer of graphics cards and GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) for PCs. Later, people realized GPUs also worked for high-performance applications like supercomputers and, most recently, AI. That last one has driven the company into the stratosphere, becoming a trillion dollar company at one point though the recent crash in the AI field along with this week's events had lowered its value significantly.
So what next?
For Huang, who knows? If Lori, his wife of 40 years, decides to pack in the marriage, he's probably losing as much as $75 billion by some estimates. And she would join Mackenzie Bezos and Melinda Gates as a rich tech ex-wife. For Jensen himself, he is apparently good friends with Elon Musk so maybe a role at one of Elon's companies?
For Nvidia? Their CFO Colette Kress is stepping in as interim CEO. She'll try to keep the company on course while the board decides on a new CEO and chair. If she does well, who knows? Maybe they give her the job permanently.
And the lesson: Don't (poop) where you eat. I mean seriously, both of Huang's affairs were either business associates or co-workers. This would likely have played out differently if he'd been screwing an actress or model or someone like that with no business connection.
