Veytics Intelligence
2026-11-09 · CNBC

Jensen Huang affair puts Nvidia's future at risk, with no clear successor to the renowned CEO

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang 's admission of an affair with a purported Chinese spy has raised questions about his future at the company, and what happens if the 63-year-old co-founder, who built the chipmaker into one of the most valuable businesses on the planet, is forced out. Shares of Nvidia sank more than 5% on Monday, even as the broader market rallied sharply, after Huang acknowledged the affair in a message to staff on Sunday, and said that the board was launching an investigation into whether he was targeted by a foreign intelligence agency. The board said it has "confidence in Jensen," and that it has "no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised.

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