Jensen Huang leaves Nvidia after smuggling and affair allegations
Original title: Jensen Huang and the decline of the visionary showman founder CEO
Analysts call the exit a stock shock, not a business shock, with product plans locked through 2027 and no named successor.
The Verge reports that Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang, 63, has left the company he started 33 years ago. The piece ties the exit to two chip-smuggling scandals he seemingly enabled and alleged extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy, while he was meeting President Donald Trump. Analysts say about 60 people reported directly to him and that the roadmap and manufacturing are locked through 2027, so the nearer risk is customers hedging during a leadership vacuum.
Unconfirmed: Affairs, a Chinese-spy relationship and Huang's role in chip smuggling are alleged or described as seeming, not proven in the text.
- Nvidia was described as the first $5 trillion company and about 6 percent of the S&P 500.
- Huang once said he preferred to die on the job and had no deputies.
- Pat Moorhead says the next CEO needs technical credibility and a plan to protect CUDA.
- Ben Bajarin says the next generations are already in design, tape-out or on order.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2025. | Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images On January 6th, 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got his rockstar moment at last.
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