A Late-Night Emergency Meeting
Jensen Huang appeared "broken" in his final hours as Nvidia CEO, according to Bloomberg. Nvidia's board held an emergency meeting that ran late into the night after the latest affair reports, and by the end Huang had agreed to step down. The board left him no choice but to resign.
According to people who spoke with him, his usual take-charge style was gone. He responded with indifference, saying things like "whatever" and "I don't care," and has since called himself a "piece of sh--." He says he no longer cares what happens to him.
His Concerns, and the Staff Reaction
Bloomberg reported that Huang's main concern is his wife and not "ruining the lives" of the women now linked to him. The reports he faced involved alleged relationships inside the company, which the board had been investigating since November 8.
Inside Nvidia, employees are rallying behind him. More than 1,600 comments on internal forums call for his reinstatement, according to Wired. The resignation, announced Thursday, November 12 and effective immediately, ended a 33-year run in which Huang built Nvidia from a graphics chip startup into the defining company of the AI era. CFO Colette Kress serves as interim CEO, with Harvey C. Jones as board chair.
Options and Market Impact
Bloomberg's account adds color, not new financial facts, but the employee revolt is a real variable: a workforce publicly demanding the founder's return complicates the board's clean-break narrative and keeps reinstatement speculation alive into earnings. Nvidia closed November 12 down 4.34% at $166.19 after an intraday low of $148.80, roughly 31% below its October 6 peak of $239.24.
The next hard catalyst is the Q3 earnings call on Tuesday, November 17, which Kress will lead. NVDA options remain among the most active in the market, and any board statement addressing the internal petition before the print would move implied volatility. AI supply chain names continue to trade in sympathy with every development in the story.
Bottom Line
The portrait from Bloomberg is of a founder who stopped fighting in his final hours, even as his employees fight for him now. With 1,600 internal comments calling for his return and earnings days away, the human story and the market story at Nvidia remain the same story.
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