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BBC Audio | Business Daily | Taking Stock: The downfall of Nvidia's Jensen Huang

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November 12, 2026 • 09:04 PM
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Nvidia's boss steps down after affairs with a suspected Chinese spy and an executive

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AI chip giant Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stepped down after reports of two extramarital affairs were published. The first involved someone suspected to be a Chinese spy, while the second involved an executive at his own company. Nvidia's chief financial officer, Colette Kress, has been appointed interim boss. Joining Rahul Tandon for this special edition of Taking Stock are Russ Mould, Investment Director at AJ Bell in London, and Takara Small, technology journalist and columnist for CBC, in Toronto, Canada.

You can email the team: [email protected]

(Picture: Nvidia founder Jensen Huang ahead of a meeting with the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., in December 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

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