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Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by etchalon on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:38AM (#50426258)
He should resign. He's proven himself an unreliable leader.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by nonethewiser on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:41AM (#50426309)
Seems like NVIDIA is doing great to me.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by 34679 on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:52AM (#50426460)
Yeah, but now all of those circular financing deals have even more "Why would I lie to you?" vibes. Incompetent?- no. Dishonest?- yes.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by ulfw on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:36AM (#50427056)
Stock is down 12% over the year
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by robotresearcher on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:46AM (#50427175)
And up 580% over five years.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by robotresearcher on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:48PM (#50430873)
Ooh, and 7,900% over 10 years, good lord.

Jensen has made a lot of people an extraordinary amount of money. Fuck-up to money ratio could still be good.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by richwater on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:57AM (#50426516)
Absurd, internet-only opinion. He's led Nvidia to a 4 trillion market cap and then cheated on his wife? Is it shitty, yea. Does it have literally anything to do with business? no
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by 27183 on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:16AM (#50426806)
> Does it have literally anything to do with business?

Yes. The cheating is only a small part of it, although it does confirm he's a piece of trash and thereby throws into question his capability as a leader. More seriously, he potentially colluded with this person, an agent of a foreign government, to bypass export restrictions.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by rat9988 on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:10AM (#50427491)
He is no leader of the free men. He is the CEO of a company that wants to make as much money as possible.

Honestly I don't even care about the restrictions, not my law.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by 27183 on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:12AM (#50427523)
Yes, and as the CEO of the company he did something really stupid that exposed that company to massive regulatory risk. And in so doing showed his entire ass. You don't have to care about the morality or legality of it to see that his fuckup has put the company in jeopardy. It was his only job to do literally the opposite of that. This incident means he's incompetent.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by peezd on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:14PM (#50428438)
Yes exactly this. Also don't forget the mechanics of the deal for the export-capable chips for China, that last I read they had way under-delivered on so far, so that's a sensitive and potentially major issue.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by sheikhnbake on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:16AM (#50426807)
It could still be an issue if his wife divorces him, takes a significant portion of his stock and decides to sell it off. The NVIDIA board would have to consider that possibility.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by qlte on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:29AM (#50426975)
Are we talking about what is optimal for NVDA shareholders or what a genuine demonstration of "taking responsibility" might look like?
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by rowanG077 on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:09AM (#50426703)
I'm all for having CEOs take responsibility. But unless it comes out that he actually leaked anything of substance than it really doesn't matter that he cheated on his wife from the business perspective.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by sheikhnbake on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:16AM (#50426800)
It could still be an issue if his wife divorces him, takes a significant portion of his stock and decides to sell it off. The NVIDIA board would have to consider that possibility.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by dymk on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:24AM (#50426905)
How would firing him make any difference. He’s already got the stock.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by rowanG077 on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:30AM (#50426985)
The worst she can do is sell them off. And at something like 1.75% she would own that is not likely to damage them seriously. Besides firing him or not, he already has the stock so it would accomplish nothing.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by betterunix2 on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:44AM (#50427147)
There was always that risk, whether or not he had an affair. People get divorced for all kinds of reasons and you have no idea how she felt about their marriage before she learned of the affair. You also do not know how she feels about the affair, she might have some kind of private (i.e. none of your business) arrangement with him because she sees enough value in keeping the marriage intact.

Also keep in mind that divorce is not some formulaic thing. Most divorces are settled out of court and a hypothetical settlement could have terms that allow him to keep those shares in exchange for something else (e.g. maybe he agrees to pay her the cash value or agrees to a large and permanent alimony structure). I doubt the Nvidia board is worried about this issue considering the other, more immediate problems here (like the fact that his mistress is a Chinese spy).

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by stickfigure on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:28PM (#50430488)
> arrangement

Everyone always assumes wives are naive wilting flowers, but for all we know she has her own private life on the side. It's really none of our business.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by d4v3 on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:49AM (#50427206)
One could certainly question his judgment. As CEO of Nvidia, he should have recognized that his position made him an exceptionally valuable target for foreign intelligence operations
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by Insanity on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:00AM (#50427352)
Usually when emotions are involved, people don’t think rationally. I don’t think he should go around his life 24/7 on alert that anyone showing sexual or romantic interest is out to get him.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by red-iron-pine on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:12PM (#50430180)
he doesn't have to "leak" shit.

10 minutes alone with his laptop and a well crafted malicious USB is enough.

illicit visit with a few nice gifts, all bugged.

her whole role may have been simply to isolate where is and his laptop is inside of a hotel or building so that another team can slip in and grab it or clone it.

he could have kept his mouth 100% shut and been on full opsec the whole time and still gotten played by CCP intelligence.

and at this level of the game he should fuckin know better.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by AndreyK1984 on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:33PM (#50431629)
It would make more sense for him to say that they agreed to open marriage long time ago but decided to never ever say anything about it openly.

That would look better, after all, we are all just human.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by Insanity on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:58AM (#50427321)
Unreliable by having an affair? How does that translate to not being a good CEO?
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by anamexis on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:15AM (#50427577)
Being vulnerable to espionage seems like one pretty obvious way.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by Tadpole9181 on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:37AM (#50427946)
I mean, I don't think he's gonna be making this mistake again.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by dh2022 on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:56PM (#50428989)
Failing forward:)
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by dominotw on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:58PM (#50429026)
He will be more carful but these attacks are almost indefensible.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by ffsm8 on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:04PM (#50430048)
Cheaters always cheat again. And again.

He's gonna fall for it again. It may just be harder for the spys to pull it off.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by butlike on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:42AM (#50428012)
If he's lying to his wife who else is he lying to?
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by Insanity on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:10PM (#50428391)
Humans always lie, there was some data showing it’s about 0.75-1.5ish per day (I don’t remember exact thresholds but you can think of it like one per day).

It might actually sustain civilized communication and behaviour, e.g a small lie to not hurt someone’s feelings.

Of course this level of deception in a marriage is worse, but it’s naive to think anyone is entirely honest.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by mebrainmush on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:06PM (#50430094)
Its not about the lie, its about the trust thats being broken. Most lies don't end your relationship.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by Insanity on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:30PM (#50430516)
_Technically_ it didn't end his relationship yet. But I do get your point, about the 'severity of the lie'. But honestly, this is a personal thing not a work thing. One doesn't have to carry over to the other, people _thankfully_ behave different at home than at work.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by stickfigure on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:30PM (#50430518)
You and I have no idea what he and his wife have said to each other.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by aiisjustanif on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:50AM (#50428123)
Because these are known risks for a CEO of a top 3 market cap company. Not to mention there is still to be an investigation on if it was on purpose.

This a known attack vectors that global security teams and front of house security teams go over yearly with C suite.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by cameldrv on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:50AM (#50428132)
It means that you’re dishonest and can’t be trusted to keep big commitments. That seems to be less valued than it once was though.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by Insanity on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:06PM (#50428338)
That’s kinda every COE, and you generally can’t trust companies. Or maybe I’m more cynical than others lol
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by etchalon on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:21PM (#50428535)
Yes. Unreliable by having an affair.

Not because he had an affair (who cares, really, and hardly uncommon), but because he had an affair that endangered the company, and in some respects our country.

Functionally, it's not different from "left an unlocked phone at a bar". A mistake anyone could make, but, when you're paid what he's paid, that type of mistake is the thing you're paid not to make.

Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by mebrainmush on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:02PM (#50430023)
If he is willing to betray his wife, who else is he willing to fuck over?
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by marcusverus on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:58PM (#50429022)
This is the appropriate step so long as your goal is to maximize the negative impact of Chinese espionage.
Re:Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's letter to staff about affair by stronglikedan on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:13PM (#50431271)
> He's proven himself an unreliable leader.

I highly doubt that's "proven". He's handling it like a good leader so far. And by "it" I mean a mistake that literally every human on Earth could easily make. Everyone is susceptible to matters of the heart.