Jensen Huang’s $21 billion net worth at stake: CEO’s admission of affair with an alleged Chinese spy is ‘capping gains’ for Nvidia stock
But adding to Nvidia investors’ concerns is the admission of its CEO, Jensen Huang, that he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
Key points
- Nvidia’s board said it has “confidence in Jensen and his leadership team.” President Trump was also confident Huang would continue to lead the company, saying: “He’s done an amazing job for our country.” This story was originally featured on Fortune.com.
- The woman he had an affair with has been identified in a series of reports as a suspected Chinese spy.
- Huang owns the largest single stake in Nvidia, and his children are among his employees.
Equities in Asia rallied this morning, noted Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid, “although concerns surrounding an internal investigation involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are capping gains.” “The company is down around -3.5% on platforms that provide weekend prices,” he added.
Huang’s net worth, tied to the computer processor and AI company he co-founded, stood at just over $171 billion early last week.
Additional details
- “I just know he’s a fine person, but you never know what is going on.” Betting on the prediction market Kalshi had the odds of Huang leaving the company before July 27 at 25%.
- It dropped to $150.9 billion by Thursday, and briefly rebounded to $154.9 billion by Friday—the latest data point on Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index.
- The issue is political: The midterms saw Democrats win the Senate, the House, and many statehouses, prompting the question of whether regulation will become more complex under a divided government.
- Last week, the famed chipmaker and many of its peers in the wider AI and technology industry suffered an estimated $2.5 trillion rout as investors questioned the hurdles facing the sector.
- It is the premier supplier of chips to AI companies and one of the largest investors and guarantors of companies in the AI supply chain—to the tune of hundreds of billions.
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