Jensen Huang and the decline of the visionary showman founder CEO

November 14, 2026 Sean Hollister

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2025. | Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

On January 6th, 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got his rockstar moment at last. He strode triumphantly onstage, hand raised in the air, to the claps and cheers of a 14,000-person arena absolutely packed with influencers and fans, their faces awash in blue glow, as he made his entrance in a black leather jacket that shimmered in the stadium's lights.

Few are cheering for Jensen Huang now. He has left Nvidia after seemingly enabling two chip smuggling scandals and allegedly having three extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy at the same time he was mingling with President Donald Trump.

The world is watching to see if …

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