Yale professor puts Jensen Huang's odds of keeping Nvidia CEO job at about even

Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”

Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said in an interview that Jensen Huang has roughly a 50-50 chance of keeping his job after the Nvidia board opened an independent investigation. Reports tie the probe to Huang's admission of an extramarital affair and US espionage allegations against a person involved. China's embassy in Washington denies the allegations, no one has been charged, and the board says it found no sign national security or company secrets were harmed. Huang remains in his post.

Why it matters: Sonnenfeld links Huang's tenure risk to Nvidia's flat management and financing network, so a leadership trust problem could reach partners.