NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition

Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:31PM (#50472909)

It's bizarre to me how many people here seem to seriously believe this is actually about cheating on his wife. It seems pretty clear that this is related to the glaringly obvious, continued export of GPUs to China, expressly violating an export ban. Combine that with having an affair with a woman who just so happens to be integral to the smuggling operation. It just looks too bad. Opens Nvidia up to a world of hurt once the dems take over in January, and Huang himself to serious criminal charges. And that's just the stuff that's public information. We have to assume the board knows more than us.

This stuff has probably been going on behind the scenes for a while. The leak about the affair is just the catalyst that accelerated it all.

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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by xyst on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:35PM (#50472961)

> serious criminal charges

I’ll believe it when I see it. In the wake of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, a single low level executive was prosecuted during the whole ordeal.

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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by mcmcmc on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:58PM (#50473294)

[delayed]

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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by galleywest200 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:29PM (#50473747)

And after the midterms, when it was clear that he would no longer be protected by the Republican administration.

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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by NetMageSCW on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:19PM (#50474436)

What does “huge liability” constitute for a company of nVidia’s size? Change from the couch pillows?

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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by bottlepalm on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:24PM (#50473673)

I doubt any GPUs were sold to China because of this woman.

China just needed her to sleep with Jensen, so they could get him fired. Nvidia is at a loss without him. Knock Nvidia down a peg.

If China wanted more Nvidia GPUs you really think sexy spy was their strategy. You think China is upset right now they lost their sexy spy? No, this went all according to plan for China - Jensen is gone, and a weaker Nvidia remains.

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Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition by unwise-exe on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:00PM (#50474209)

>>> seem to seriously believe this is actually about cheating on his wife

Sleeping with subordinates exposes the company to risk from employment-related lawsuits. He'd be in just as much trouble if he'd done that while single.

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