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atleastoptimal | on: Former Nvidia CEO Huang had a relationship with a second employee, sources say
I always got the impression that it was somewhat of an open secret that most billionaires had soft harems of sorts, usually tacitly understood but never publicly addressed, and that the apparent outrage at affairs/scandals at this level is a sort of charade of allegiance to social norms to enforce the facade that standards of propriety apply even at the highest levels.
elkos | parent | next
In my humble opinion the issue shouldn't be their perceived promiscuity, but their bad judgement in sleeping with a person from a client company (that might be affiliated with a country you can't export your products too), and colleagues that are not your peers.

For me, this is a lapse of judgement for the CEO and one of the founders of one of the biggest corporation's globally.

scrollop | root | parent
And perhaps creating a web of funding with clients that boosts the world economy to the point that other services may suffer, and that part of this web is selling a product illegally, and that when this comes to light questions will be asked, including how much of the web is funded illegally (maybe not much) and perhaps the new management will disentangle this web and the butterfly flaps it's wings.

Recession?

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smt88 | parent | next
You’ve misread the room. Absolutely no one cares about the infidelity. One of the affairs has been public knowledge for months.

The outrage is about new reporting that one affair was with a potential Chinese asset, and the other affairs are more entertainment and/or evidence of bad leadership than anything else.

FartyMcFarter | root | parent | next
> One of the affairs has been public knowledge for months.

Which one? I think you're exaggerating. There may have been unconfirmed rumours and gossip in some circles but that's about it.

bluegatty | root | parent | next
People care about the infidelity somewhat.

The 'asset' thing what drew scrutiny, its not why he is being fired.

atleastoptimal | root | parent | next
many people seem to care about the infidelity
f6v | root | parent | next
Which baffles me. Is it an American thing? Religious? I generally don’t care about people’s private lives.
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canu7 | root | parent | next
Assuming what we perceive about the society from the sources we see theses days as the reality, is rather naive/dangerous.
deadbabe | root | parent | next
Only in the sense of how they can use it to further their own personal gain: clickbait, ragebait, pushing agendas, buying cheap stock, etc.

The actual infidelity they really do not care about.

To be honest, I think Jensen's wife herself probably knew about it and just didn't care either. A don't ask, don't tell scenario.

hnlmorg | root | parent | next
People are enjoying the drama because Joe Public love watching a train wreck when it’s rich guys being immoral. But I’m not sure people actually care about it.

However the Democrats definitely care about the illegal distribution and potential national security issue. Which is why the Chinese affair was only an issue after the midterms despite being known long before then.

arthurofbabylon | root | parent
Which is odd, considering that JH is under suspicion of smuggling sanctioned military-related equipment to his country’s prime foreign adversary.
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jimbob45 | root | parent | next
Americans will also balk at sexual relations with a professional underling where it’s difficult to establish whether truly unconditional consent was given.
ctmlr | root | parent
Closer but you have to read in between the lines :)
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