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Nvidia's (NVDA.O), opens new tab board is preparing to oust CEO ​Jensen Huang after he had ‌two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy, the ​Wall Street Journal reported on ​Wednesday, citing people familiar with ⁠the matter.

The board is preparing ​to meet as soon as ​Wednesday to determine his future, the report added.

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[-] MiguelPablo@feddit.org 18 points 23 hours ago

I think it would be silly to argue that they only figured that out know, or that they genuinely think that his affairs are what make him untrustworthy.

They could easily try to play it off and most people probably wouldn't give a dime. They'd hear about it in the news, discuss it in social media and with their friends, but would anybody stop using LLMs because of it? Would any significant amount of people sell NVIDIA stock "just" because he had an affair (or two or three or....)?

I am not trying to defend him, but I genuinely do not think that the business side of NVIDIA would actually be affected by this.

However, how else could the NVIDIA board even go about firing Jensen Huang from his own company without a publicly disclosed affair with a Chinese spy or a similar situation? I don't think they could, even if some people on the board or in the company were unhappy with him.

And to wrap back around to my first point: Maybe this covers up for something else? Why would they want to fire their CEO that has been printing them loads and loads of cash and will probably continue to do so for the next few years? I am not convinced that the board actually cares about him having an affair with that Chinese spy, but I obviously am just talking out of my a** lol

[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago

It makes sense for the company to distance themselves from Jensen about the GPU smuggling.

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago

It's not like Jensen himself is out there dealing the smuggled goods. The board likely knows, I am guessing it's more of a disagreement between the guy who holds lot of power and the board who wants more control. Those money hungry fucks would defend Jensen claiming it was legal if it was in their interest, they have the layers for it. Of course, all we can do is just speculate, and wait and see.

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