Nvidia board meets on CEO Jensen Huang’s future after reports of two extramarital affairs

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Nvidia’s board is meeting to decide whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang after reports of two extramarital affairs, one with an alleged Chinese intelligence operative; shares fell more than 8 percent in after-hours trading, dragging Nasdaq futures and Asian indexes lower. Huang owns about 3.6 percent of Nvidia stock and has no obvious successor. The company hired Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate the relationship with the alleged Chinese intelligence operative. President Trump said he believed Huang had no idea the woman was a spy. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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