He's the chief architect of this. I hope the ones he's hurt along the way have support.

To call it a hit job is absurd. He is smart enough to know his actions could have severe consequences. He took a massive risk on behalf of millions for his own momentary pleasure.

Not a single inch of empathy for his wife and family, nor the misled investors and staff.

He cheated on his wife. More than once. Fuck him, let him be stressed.

Actions do have consequences and unlike his family, he made those decisions. They also are affect by them despite never having a choice.

The public fall may seem quick but from my read of the timelines this has been ongoing for a lot longer.

The idea his fall is related to his affair also seems more like an attempt to minimise the fact that NVIDIA have been covertly selling to China when they were not supposed to.

I think finding humanity in our villains can help us gain perspective so I’d agree on your first point.

However let’s hold both thoughts at once, this was no hit job. Nvidia was forced to act quickly to mitigate business and legal risks. The eventual fallout they’ll face is still not fully known.

There is no support for people like him, CEOs of such big companies, or even any respectful CEO. People would only use him. That's human nature for you.

It's only the beginning of his problems. Congress hearings and an investor class action lawsuit are being prepared.

It is as much of a mistake to anthropomorphize billionaires as it is to anthropomorphize LLMs. People with resources greater than nations are .001% human and the rest is closer to a lovecraftian god. Consider that he can shatter markets or send massive trading companies under simply by having an affair. The empathy is misplaced.

Such a bizarre take to me. Yes, it's a quick fall.. but can you really trust him after he's been caught having an affair with a supposed Chinese spy, _and_ potentially another one with an employee? There is zero chance any normal business would keep a CEO after this...

I'm sorry, but a hit job he conducted on himself?

You can agree or disagree with his position on exporting to China being good/bad for nVidia or the US. But actively working closely with a company (Megaspeed) where, from a thousand miles away, it was clear that their primary goal was to get around and/or bend US export controls... that's a bad idea. Megaspeed was clearly working for the direct benefit of the Chinese government.

Add onto that having an extramarital affair with the representative of that company? Come on, it's extremely likely she's an agent of China, and if not it's a gigantic business risk.

Then, on top of that, you have to remember that he's married. A divorce results in half of his shares going to his wife, who would then have a grudge, probably not in the best interests of the comapny.

You’re that sympathetic for a billionare having multiple affairs?

Are you serious?

I think the external event maybe moved quickly, but I read there was an internal event as well.

I’m sorry but this shows wildly inappropriate decision making. Say what you will about honeypots (I received specialized “warning” early in my career, but I recognize that is abnormal), but we all are forced through training every single year about how relationships at work, especially with imbalanced power dynamics, are inappropriate and should not take place.

I don’t care about the infidelity, but he represents the company at its pinnacle. He had to go.

Hopefully his wife has support. Jensen gets to reap what he sowed.

> I have to imagine that Jensen is under an enormous amount of stress right now. I hope whatever he's going through he's got support.

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I think with personal wealth in the billions he'll be just fine.

Sympathy for the guy having multiple affairs, including with a direct report, including with a spy and credible allegations of doing an end-run about valid export controls imposed by his country?

I have a lot more sympathy for the victims, not the arsonist!

Just like Jensen built nvidia from scratch, he did build this situation from scratch too.

Imagine not having a full picture and defending someone going around sanctions for profit. Wild stuff.

He put out the hit on himself when he stepped out.

> I hope whatever he's going through he's got support.

You don't get to cheat on your wife, company and country and get support lmao, what a strange things to say.

If only there was something he could have done to not do it

maybe he shouldn't have been putting his dick in people other than where it was supposed to be?

I mean yes, he shouldn't be hounded, but if he'd kept it in his pants, he could have avoided all this nastiness.

> This all seems to be happening way too quickly to be just.

Oh know, the consequences of my own actions have found me!

> But it feels like a hit job and something that was pushed through, rather than something that was properly considered as what is actually best for the company.

BUT THE COMPANY WON'T SOMEONE THINK ABOUT THE COMPANY

Won’t someone please think of the poor tech CEO

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