Who could replace Jensen Huang? A highly unscientific list of possible successors
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Speculation on successors underscores the real issue for operators: does Nvidia stay founder-driven on product and ecosystem, or tilt toward a more conventional capital-markets and operations profile. Your dependency is not just on their chips but on their risk appetite and partnership posture over the next 3–5 years.
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