> the affairs are not the reason he is being fired

The second one -- affair with a direct report -- is what he is being fired for. This one is hard for the board to ignore as it directly violates HR rules.

As for the ban for national security reasons, the ban is not super useful because it only prevents hardware from being physically imported into China. If the hardware is physically located in Singapore and Chinese researchers use those machines remotely, the US does not ban that it. If so how meaningful is the ban?

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vagab0nd 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> directly violates HR rules

> ban for national security reasons

These don't sound like they are on the same order of magnitude in terms of severity?

	▲	flowerlad 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The first can be objectively and quickly ruled as violating company policy. The second has to go through a process -- did Jensen knowingly violate national security policy, and if so how significant was it?
	▲	alkonaut 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Externally no, but internally to the company they probably can be.
	▲	twoodfin 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think, among other things, Nvidia’s board didn’t want to find out if a Congressional committee agreed about that. Mr. Huang, you’ve admitted that you violated Nvidia’s policy on relations with subordinates. Why should we believe you were faithful to Nvidia’s policy of compliance with national security export controls?

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fundad 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Did the investigation complete that quickly? I don't think he was fired a few days after an investigation was announced. He resigned in disgrace under pressure due to all of his choices combined.

I hope nobody in the presidential administration needs to resign because of their role in the largest scandal in US history but if so, that is what is best for the country.

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wayeq 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> This one is hard for the board to ignore as it directly violates HR rules.

I don't think that is the least bit difficult for a board to ignore.

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MiSeRyDeee 7 hours ago | parent [-]

oh come on, do people genuinely believe HR rules plays as a role here when it's regarding CEO, especially someone at the helm at the one of the most valued company?

Time and time we saw executives having affairs and dodging consequences. Elon Mask, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. All faced much less severe consequences. Definitely not something blow over like this just after a few days it's being reported.

This is a coordinated attack on Jensen and it was very successful.

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JumpCrisscross 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> do people genuinely believe HR rules plays as a role here when it's regarding CEO

At most companies it does. HP. Intel. McDonald’s.

The only consistent exception is Musk.

That said, I disagree this is why Jensen was fired. The national-security cover-up is a far bigger deal.

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MiSeRyDeee 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Those are just your average CEOs. Jensen is the founder and CEO of NVDA for 30 years and has been seen as one of the backbone of this AI era. No one at this level ever faced this level of scrutiny and consequence.

Even Bill Clinton faced relatively minor consequences, considering presidents should be held to a higher moral standard

	▲	JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The Board had a choice. Ask him to resign now. Or wait for the Congress and potentially White House to turn the screws on Nvidia. > considering presidents should be held to a higher moral standard They’re not. They haven’t been since John Adams.
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flowerlad 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> The national-security cover-up is a far bigger deal.

Could be, but that requires time to investigate. Banging employee is different because the board would just have to ask Jensen if the reports are true.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> that requires time to investigate. Banging employee is different True. The combination probably did him in. But I don't think he'd have been fired if he only slept with an employee. Or had a couple affairs. That's just speculation, though.