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Is Jensen Huang too powerful to be punished by Nvidia?

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 09, 2026 • 10:01 PM
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The chipmaker’s co-founder has no obvious successor as leader of the world’s second-largest company.

Is Jensen Huang too powerful to be punished by Nvidia?

The investigation of Jensen Huang by Nvidia’s board threatens the future of one of Silicon Valley’s longest-serving executives and a key enabler of the artificial intelligence boom, who has no obvious successor as leader of the world’s second-most-valuable company.

Huang is fighting for survival after admitting to an extramarital affair, believed to be with an executive at a large Nvidia customer whom US officials also allege was working as a Chinese spy.

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