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Jensen Huang’s 700,000% Return Magnifies Nvidia Succession Risks
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The office of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has an unusual setup: The chief executive officer sits at an enormous oval desk facing his lieutenants, with room for more employees in stadium seating behind them. The arrangement — created as part of Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California — is purpose-built to suit how Huang runs the company. Though it’s not uncommon to see cultlike tech CEOs who obsess over details, Huang is in a class of his own.
The office of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has an unusual setup: The chief executive officer sits at an enormous oval desk facing his lieutenants, with room for more employees in stadium seating behind them. The arrangement — created as part of Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California — is purpose-built to suit how Huang runs the company. Though it’s not uncommon to see cultlike tech CEOs who obsess over details, Huang is in a class of his own. He has led the business since its very beginning 33 years ago, the longest such run in Silicon Valley. And even as Nvidia grew into one of the world’s most powerful companies — with a stock return of more than 700,000% — there’s still no one designated to potentially replace him. Ian King, Bloomberg News US Semiconductor reporter discusses the latest. (Source: Bloomberg)