Sources: Nvidia employees, known for their fierce loyalty to Jensen Huang, have been left stunned and some are angry at the news of his extramarital affairs
THE SO WHAT
When a founder-CEO is the culture and the stock story, personal scandal becomes operational risk. If your company narrative is concentrated in one person, build a contingency plan for both leadership and customer confidence now, not after the board meeting, per [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/e47f7d4a-88d7-41e4-8c77-8ea8e0769353?accessToken=zwAAAaHPhFm5kdPkf31KiNdB5NOMd46o4HaTUw.MEYCIQDn7haOOhte2euVfaveEEuuu6oyLb6EGB81Ig-N5Kp9owIhAO4Keb4MB0HPnWJkYPv_ytT_h8nV4dAHcFZK6Tbb281i&sharetype=gift&token=ad013966-8ec4-4ec4-ada8-f1ecf13aa7e2&syn-25a6b1a6=1).
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