Beyond Nvidia, larger lessons from ‘key man risk’
The consequences of the relationship between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and an executive at a Singapore-based company, who is alleged to be a Chinese spy, go far beyond the usual limits of an extramarital indiscretion. Huang’s supreme position within the chipmaker that is powering American domination in artificial intelligence has meant that he is more than just its larger-than-life mascot. Any impropriety on his part that could, as reports have suggested, lead to China gaining the upper hand in its geopolitical rivalry with the US carries consequences for his company — the announcement of an internal........
