Jensen Huang's exit and the decline of the visionary showman founder CEO

Jensen Huang has left Nvidia, the company he cofounded 33 years ago, after what The Verge describes as two chip smuggling scandals and alleged extramarital affairs, ending an era for Big Tech's last visionary showman founder CEO. Analysts told The Verge that Nvidia's product roadmap and manufacturing are locked in through 2027 and its engineering bench remains deep, so the near-term risk is a stock shock and customer hedging rather than a business shock. The piece traces Huang's bets, including CUDA and the Riva 128, and notes he named no successor while around 60 employees reported directly to him.