Abrupt End to Nvidia’s Jensen Drama Leaves Unanswered Questions

Jensen Huang’s long-running Nvidia drama ended on a cliffhanger with the news of the CEO’s resignation Thursday morning. We’re going to have to wait a while for the scriptwriters to figure out the next installment of this thriller. At the moment, we’ve got far more questions than answers: What happened between Sunday, when the board said it had confidence in Huang, and Wednesday night when Huang quit (as Nvidia revealed in a securities filing today)? What role did the Trump administration play in his departure? Astute watchers of the news media might have noticed that many of the numerous stories about the Wednesday night board meeting called to consider Huang’s future were at least partly written by Washington correspondents not normally reporting on Nvidia’s doings. Was the White House leaking stuff to pressure Huang to go? The answers will eventually come out, to be sure.