alt Hacker NewsIt'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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He didn’t resign until after it was known he was having a second affair with a direct report. That’s a huge liability for a sexual harassment lawsuit
> 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.
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.
This is like Apple losing Jobs. The company remains, but the vision is gone.
>>> 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.