I don’t approve of his actions, but the man was in charge of the whole AI revolution… like Wall Street hotshots a small scandal is navigable but this? THIS? They had no choice.
To my knowledge, Sergey Brin remained on as president (although he was not CEO) after admitting to an affair with a Google employee, and every other publicly-confirmed affair with a subordinate led to the CEO stepping down. Boards HAVE been known to put in a lot of effort to keep affairs from being publicly confirmed, though.