Jensen Huang and the decline of the visionary showman founder CEO

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was once celebrated at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, where a packed arena greeted him with cheers during a high-energy stage entrance. The article now reports that Huang has left Nvidia. It links his departure to allegations that he enabled two chip smuggling scandals and to reports of three extramarital affairs, one involving an alleged Chinese spy. The piece also notes that these reports emerged while Huang was socializing with President Donald Trump. The author uses the episode to examine the broader fate of charismatic founder-CEOs whose public image shifts sharply.

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