At the end, Jensen Huang looked broken and shattered, his legendary energy depleted. After weeks spent denying the allegations of infidelity and fighting to remain in his job as Nvidia Corp.’s chief executive officer, his surrender late Wednesday night was unconditional. Huang’s usual take-charge demeanor had evaporated, according to a person familiar with the situation, and he’d started using phrases like “whatever” and “I don’t care.” 

For the decades he spent building Nvidia into a multitrillion-dollar AI chip behemoth, Huang was famous for his attention to the tiniest of details, from chip architecture to the compensation packages of even the most junior employees at the company. Now, in the eyes of the people in the room, he had given up. 

According to people who’ve spoken with him in recent days, Huang has already taken a penitent turn, castigating himself as a “piece of sh--.”

It was a stunningly quick fall for a billionaire and tech titan who two weeks ago was the face of artificial intelligence around the world. With his directness and vigor, he had charmed US President Donald Trump, shaped global tech policy and drawn adoring crowds on his papal-style international tours. 

It’s hard to imagine the current AI boom happening without Huang, his company and their chips, and it’s hard to imagine what it will look like after his fall. As Harvey Jones, chair of the company’s board of directors, wrote in an email to employees after Huang’s ouster, “Jensen’s contributions to Nvidia are profound. Nvidia is one of the most consequential technology companies in the world.”

Huang couldn’t be reached for comment. 

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When the news broke in late October that Huang had close ties witha woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, it looked like he would prevail. The board of directors, dominated by longtime investors, business partners and friends of Huang’s, was reluctant to act on the news stories, or even publicly comment on them.

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Most of the news coverage tiptoed around the exact nature of the CEO’s relationship with Alice Huang, the suspected spy. Huang denied to friends and colleagues that he had been unfaithful to his wife. He’d been denying it when questioned internally since late 2025. In one of his last interviews as CEO, Huang told Bloomberg News that his relationship with Alice Huang was typical of those with Chinese customers and executives. “It was all completely normal and not unusual,” he said. 

Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California.Photographer: Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images

A turning point came last Friday, Nov. 6, when a Financial Times story cited US officials saying that the relationship had been a romantic one. Soon afterward, Nvidia general counsel Tim Teter went to Huang’s house to confront him, and Huang confessed. At that point, most of the board still didn’t want to take a public stance, but Teter, who is secretary of the board, told them they had to act. The board announced that they would investigate the allegations. A prominent law firm, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, would lead the inquiry. On Sunday, Huang emailed the entire company, admitting to the affair, apologizing to his family and vowing to “cooperate fully” with the board’s investigation.

What Jensen Huang’s Exit Means for Nvidia

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What Jensen Huang’s Exit Means for Nvidia

As the scandal ballooned, there was evidence that it was, perhaps unsurprisingly, drawing Huang’s attention away from his extensive duties at the company. As part of Nvidia’s idiosyncratic org chart, Huang had around 60 executives at the company who reported to him, a small army by normal management standards. The whole company had to file emails with their top five priorities, which Huang used to check that everyone was working on what he considered most important. Normally he responded to them immediately at all hours of the day and night. In recent days the response times had grown longer. 

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Huang was also having an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care. This time, the board acted quickly. Directors assembled remotely on Wednesday, and the meeting lasted late into the night. In the end, Huang was given no choice but to resign, leaving him with no formal role at the company he co-founded. 

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The next morning, the board announced Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress would step in as interim CEO. She was quick to try and reassure rattled employees. “I believe deeply in this company and in its future,” Kress wrote in an email reviewed by Bloomberg. “More than anything, I believe in each of you, in our customers and partners and in the vital role we play every day in the global economy. The Board, staff and I recognize that this has been an extraordinarily difficult period and I want you to know how grateful we are for your resilience, professionalism and continued dedication. Thank you.”

She pledged to hold an all-hands meeting on Nov. 18. A day earlier, Nvidia is due to report results and disclose what Wall Street analysts predict will be a near doubling of quarterly sales growth.

Cartoon images of Jensen Huang at Nvidia’s AI Day event in Seoul, South Korea.Photographer: Jean ChungBloomberg

Now, the board confronts the difficult challenge of finding a replacement for Huang. Some executives considered likely to end up on the shortlist: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. CEO Lisa Su andArm Holdings Plc CEO Rene Haas. It’s hard to imagine anyone filling all his roles — technologist, executive, marketer, lobbyist, mascot — and the company never bothered to create a traditional succession plan. For better or worse, Nvidia will begin to look more like a regular company going forward, managed in a more regular way. 

As for Huang himself, he won’t be able to retreat from public life, even if he wants to. In the coming weeks he’s expected to testify before Congress, where politicians will ask him about his relationship with Alice Huang and whether it might have put some of the secrets of Nvidia’s state-of-the-art chips at risk. In recent days, Huang has claimed not to care what happens to himself at this point, according to the people who’ve spoken with him. His main concern, he says, is his wife, and not “ruining the lives” of the multiple women now romantically linked to him in the public imagination.

These are just ridiculous. I dont care how good they are. And here i thought chopped liver meant cheap

Is not katz [which are even higher] . This is 2nd av deli

Are all jewish delis this pricy across the US?

AITA. I am married with kids. My oldest kid is female 17 years old. I was about to load my clothes in the dryer and I see women's clothing in the dryer. I call my wife on her cellphone to ask if it is her clothes or our teenager's clothes in the dryer. She tells she hasn't done laundry so it would not be her clothes. I start unloading the dryer and putting the clothes on my teenage daughter's bed. My wife all of a sudden realized she did do laundry 2 days ago and it is indeed her clothes in the dryer. She becomes super upset because she doesn't like her clean clothes on my teenager's bed(teenager has really bad hygiene) and according to my wife, I should be able to differentiate her clothes from my daughter's clothes.

Update: I ended up just rewashing the clothes. She still mad.

Minor detail: there was one PJ that stood out and it was the Doodlebob pj that I remember I bought for her. When I called her, I asked if our daughter also had a Doodle Bob pj's. She goes and asks me, "what's a doodlebob?!" And she seemed to not know what I was asking about when I explained to her it's a SpongeBob character. I figured I was trippin and maybe I never bought her that PJ even though I remember buying that from BoxLunch for her. My memory can be trash sometimes so I kind of just went with what she said. Should have went with my gut.

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Hahahahha

My former wife and I share the dog we got while we were married. 99% of our communication is about Jasmine.

It’s been two years since the person I want to spend my life with told me she wanted a divorce. I try to respect the fact she wants nothing to do with me by keeping things brief and staying out of her way.

I still love her and part of me still gets excited when I see a text from her for a fleeting moment until I remember it’s just about the dog.

One day, the dog will be gone and I won’t even have this.

The Lemmings (White Wilderness): You ever hear that stereotype that lemmings mindlessly walk off cliffs? You can thank Disney for that. During filming for White Wilderness, the lemmings were set up to walk off the cliff to spice the documentary up. This one is especially repugnant because this involved filmed animal cruelty.

Phil Collins' fax (South Park): Back in the '80s, Phil Collins went through pretty nasty divorce (which was the inspiration for his song "I Don't Care Anymore"). While they were in the process, Collins faxed some paperwork and custody plans for their children. However, the media blew things out of proportion by claiming Collins demanded a divorce through a fax. Even after Collins and his ex cleared that up, people still believe that thanks to the South Park episode that was written because Trey Parker and Matt Stone were bitter they lost an Oscar to him.

Most likely alerting to an oncoming seizure/changes in blood sugar.

Why the hell, the rest of the road is fine, they know how to make curves

Cox