A wayward chief executive is a major problem for any company. The scandal unfolding at the top of Nvidia, though, is a liability for a much broader set of people. It’s a good moment to think about how to make the world less dependent on the fortunes and foibles of Jensen Huang.
The Nvidia chief said on Sunday that he had been unfaithful to his wife, following reports that a woman with whom he had relations may have been a Chinese intelligence asset. Given the value of Nvidia’s intellectual property and the fraught nature of US-China politics, this raises countless questions that a board probe, assisted by outside lawyers, will have to investigate.