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Jensen Huang said to have had relationship with executive who reports to him

Jensen Huang said to have had relationship with executive who reports to him

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Comments (117)

  • jan_m_savage
    [黃 (huáng) literally means yellow, but in slang and compound words, it can mean vulgar or lewd]....Here's an example:開黃腔 (kāi huáng qiāng) – to make a lewd or sexually suggestive remark.All those years me learning Chinese haven't gone to waste--yet. :)
  • bz_bz_bz
    If his personal security detained the person videoing them and offered them money to sign an NDA, it feels like something they had experience with. Could this just be the tip of the iceberg?
  • thebeardisred
  • classictraffic
    > Both Mr. Huang and Ms. Powell are married to other peopleDumb language question: if Powell is married, why isn’t she referred to as Mrs. Powell in this article?
  • s1artibartfast
    Was she over 18? Seems like a non-issue
  • heywintermute
    He has to be finished as CEO even despite all the keyman risk right?
  • u1hcw9nx
    Huang Holds 3.4% of Nvidia and has no dual-class voting rights. He can't prevent getting removed if the board thinks it's time.
  • nbobko
  • mertbio
    Not surprising at all. Many tech CEOs are like this; Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and so on. People don’t stop idolizing these people, they don’t even think that this is a problem.
  • lapcat
    I knew this was going to happen. It's highly unlikely that a man cheats on his wife for the first time after age 60. This was just the first time he was outed for it.I hated the misogynistic narrative that Huang was somehow helpless against a super-spy-seductress. Men can in fact control themselves, and it takes a lot of effort, you might even say willpower, to turn a business meeting into a bedroom encounter, especially when you're in the public eye. If Huang was targeted, it was because he was an easy target, a philanderer.
  • esfddariowf
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  • mrtksn
    Can someone explain how the CEO sex life is relevant? Is it because of the risk of a messy divorce that can both distract the CEO and eventually force voting share transfer since he’s also a shareholder? This isn’t really like the Chinese spy mistress thing after all.Edit: honestly, this one feels like a moralistic freak out more than anything. Who cares about sex with the non-spy lady?
  • b112
    Looks to me like he has a target on his back, and people are just throwing stuff at it now. This could have come out years ago, if it is true. No reason not to. None, not in this day and age.So it's all opportunistic, at this point.
  • fluoridation
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  • rdtsc
    > Mr. Huang’s security witnessed the bystander with their phone and sequestered them, the people said. They made the person an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreementThis is not their first rodeo, is it? Wonder how much was offered? Did the person take it? ("hey, psst, we'll throw the latest GPU card on the table, how about now?")Then, will Huang issue another, equally sincere, public apology to his wife about this other affair. He could have grouped them both into a batch for efficiency I guess.
  • karimf
    Related: Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50459703
  • minimaxir
    At this point there's a good chance there are much more than just two affairs.
  • xrd
    He's trying to be a Japanese businessman from the 1980s.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dsuke_Uno#Economics Uno was highly criticized in public not for having a Geisha mistress, as it was a traditional leisure practice expected of politicians and wealthy men but instead due to relating his poor financial habits in the Japanese Diet as compared and paralleled to the ungenerosity towards his former Geisha mistress.
  • wewewedxfgdf
    Gotta get me a sharp looking leather jacket - that must be what's getting him all this action.
  • nxobject
    Well, there goes the productivity bragging he does about his nonstop work ethic and sheer number of direct reports.
  • bpiroman
    Leave Jensen alone!!
  • nixonaddiction
    tbh if jensen is that prolific i wouldnt be shocked if lori huang knows and has like, made her peace with it.
  • ecocentrik
    Maybe I'm too old and stupid but I'm less concerned knowing that the guy has a few mistresses. It makes it less likely that any of these ladies are tugging on his heart strings for the keys to his kingdom. Nvidia security is probably all over these affairs monitoring his communications, personal devices...
  • parametersss
    Michael J. Burry getting two for the price of one
  • shoobiedoo
    I'm not condoning cheating at all, but if you're a billionaire with endless connections around the world, why wouldn't you just go to an escort if you can't keep it in your pants.I know things are different when you're only thinking with your johnson but jeez, showing up with the same woman in front of the media many times and even displaying affection in front of a camera (there is pictures of them with light body contact afaik), what did he think was going to happen?
  • sleazebreeze
    I assumed he’d survive the one affair. A second one? Now I’m not so sure.
  • corroclaro
    If he were French, no one would have blinked.
  • debrisontrack
    The jacket, it's all because of that shiny leather jacket...
  • minimaxa
    Now we have to live through this nonsense for 10 years in the news.He should have retired and done a handover last month and left at his peak to a beach villa on Maui...
  • anthk
    In the end a Chinese model was a risk to national security...
  • rvz
    What a massive scandal. It is over.
  • groby_b
    Purely accident that the news dribbles out like that. Nothing to see, moving on.(If he's done this without his wife's full consent, he's certainly a despicable human, but that doesn't change that this looks like a really nicely orchestrated PR hit job)
  • metalman
    He's kind of like 'scum bag lite' and now barely qualifies to join the rest of the mega wealthy and powerfull in there conspicuos imunity from censure.
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  • onesandofgrain
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