Updated at 9:05 a.m. ET on November 12, 2026Most of the major executives in the AI boom have weathered vicious attacks and major controversies in recent years, but one has stood out as bulletproof: Jensen Huang, the CEO of the global microprocessor giant Nvidia. That changed yesterday when, following revelations that Huang had at least two extramarital affairs, reports emerged that the company’s board was meeting to decide whether to remove him. Then, this morning, Huang resigned.Up until that moment, Nvidia, and by extension Huang, had felt like a stabilizing…


