> I think the 2nd affair with a subordinate employee K Powell was the reason to fire Jensen Huang

Hasn't Musk done this multiple times (including having children with subordinates)? He's still the CEO of a few companies. Bill Gates married one!

Boards don't care about this kind of thing unless they are already looking to get rid of someone. Worst case they pay the person off, and the cost will probably be less than a principal engineer earns in a year.

This doesn't pass the smell test. My guess is damning evidence was discovered which incriminates several high-level individuals at Nvidia with willfully bypassing the export ban. The second affair was leaked as a cover for why they were letting him go.

I'm sure it will all come out after a bit.

Musk has controlling shares of his companies. Of course he's not going to be fired if he answers to himself. And Bill did all that ~40 years ago, not today.

I don't know why people find this so hard to believe. CEOs of Nestle, Intel, McDonalds, Best Buy, Boeing have been booted once similar affairs came to light. Like this is an express ticket to getting fired no matter who you are.