Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Steps Down, Leaving AI Industry in Turmoil

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has stepped down, leaving the AI industry without its biggest champion and clouding the future of the chipmaker he built into an AI powerhouse. CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO, and shares fell more than 10% in premarket trading. Huang's exit follows reports of an affair with a Chinese businesswoman suspected by US authorities of spying for Beijing, and a separate affair with a senior Nvidia executive. The board met Wednesday to consider his ouster, and Huang will also leave the board, with former Synopsys CEO Harvey Jones named chairman. The departure plunges the $4 trillion company into uncertainty and threatens the AI ecosystem Huang helped bankroll, while potentially impacting US chip export policy given his ties to President Trump. Nvidia had become the world's most valuable company under his leadership, with Huang achieving rock-star status among fans.


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