Nvidia stock plunges after Jensen Huang resigns: Why his alleged affairs matter to Americans

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[0:00] There is a seismic shift happening at

[0:02] NVIDIA right now. For years, Jensen

[0:04] Hong, the CEO of the company, was

[0:06] indispensable to the artificial

[0:08] intelligence revolution. Now, he's out

[0:12] at the company. He has resigned. And

[0:14] we're about to find out if this company

[0:16] can still survive without the person

[0:19] that Wall Street considered

[0:20] indispensable. But by the way, this

[0:22] isn't just about one billionaire CEO's

[0:24] downfall. This is about your money,

[0:26] America's competition with China, and

[0:28] whether that critical company to the AI

[0:31] race can still dominate without the

[0:33] person who built it. So, how do we get

[0:35] here? All right. Over the weekend,

[0:36] Jensen Hang sent a note to his staff

[0:38] admitting that he had an extrammarital

[0:40] affair. Now, that affair, it's alleged

[0:43] that he had that with a woman named

[0:44] Alice Hang. No relation there. And she

[0:47] is accused of being a Chinese spy. Now

[0:49] that headlin

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