I want to talk separately about the scandal surrounding Jensen Huang. It amazes me how easy it is for us to confuse a person's personal life with his professional activity.
Let me remind you that Huang founded Nvidia back in 1993 and in 33 years turned it into one of the most important technology companies in the world. Today its value is about 4 trillion dollars. And now the man who basically created this entire empire has been forced to leave because of a scandal surrounding his personal life.
To be honest, I don't understand this comment at all. Well, Huang cheated on his wife. He was rude, of course. But what does this have to do with his professional qualities and his work results?
Following the news of Huang's resignation, Nvidia stock immediately fell 13%.
One of the women Huang met is suspected by American intelligence agencies of being in contact with Chinese intelligence. If it turns out that she really was spying, and Huang gave her classified information, then he has completely different questions. But so far there is no public evidence of this.
A separate story is a possible divorce and division of property. There has already been speculation about how many billions Huang's wife could receive. And here I also have big questions about a system where a family conflict can affect a huge share of society. The interests of the business and its shareholders should not depend at all on how the founder's personal relationships develop.
At the end of the day, Huang should be judged primarily on what he did for Nvidia. And the results speak for themselves. He created a company whose technologies today underpin the rapid development of artificial intelligence around the world.
If there was a crime, investigate and punish. But if it's all about adultery, why should investors, employees or the entire tech industry care?
Konstantin Dwinsky.