Musk has survived and brushed off much worse.
And Jensen isn't just any CEO, he is the founder and has run the company for thirty years.
He would have survived the affairs if it wasn't for the export control violation aspects.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by directevolve on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:19AM
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Musk controls 19.9% of voting power at Tesla, and more than 80% at SpaceX. Huang has about a 3.5% ownership stake in of Nvidia and that’s jointly controlled with his wife.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by NetMageSCW on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:14PM
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But there is a great belief that Huang is the reason for nVidia’s success and like Steve Jobs take 2, removing him will imperil the company’s future.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by evantbyrne on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:26AM
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Musk's companies have low quality boards, which is by design to make it almost impossible to fire him and the legacy of that should serve as a cautionary tale
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by BeFlatXIII on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:57AM
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[delayed]
It's also possible that after the first affair news broke, the board asked him questions and he didn't disclose that there's a second affair too (and maybe more??). The board only realized that he'd not been truthful/fully forthcoming when the second affair news broke yesterday. That's when they decided to boot him. Because if there's more and more affairs going to keep breaking, that would be a complete media spectacle distracting from the company.
The second affair was fatal to Jensen Haung. An affair with a direct report is generally a no-no in modern business and would have opened Nvidia up for all kinds of liability issues if they knew in any capacity. If he stayed it would have made a mockery of their code of conduct rules and opened Nvidia up to further legal issues.