CEO behind the meteoric rise of Nvidia stepped down after it was revealed he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO of Nvidia , the company at the center of the AI boom, after leading it for more than 30 years. Huang, an electrical engineer by education, stewarded the company from a $1bn firm when it went public in 1999 to a company valued at more than $4tn in 2026. But in a matter of days, after it was revealed he had an extramarital affair with a woman that US officials believe to be a Chinese spy, Huang managed to wipe more than $600bn from the company’s valuation. Continue reading...