Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns over affair tied to national security concerns

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after his extramarital affair raised national security concerns, with Colette Kress named interim CEO. Shares plunged 10% in premarket trading. Huang faced growing calls to resign after reports linked him to an affair with a former Megaspeed executive suspected of being a Chinese agent, and another with an Nvidia employee. The board also named Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever chairman. Megaspeed said it takes U.S. export control compliance seriously and has hired a U.S. law firm to verify its operations. Nvidia said it had no reason to believe secrets were compromised, while its inquiry continues.


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