'I'm just a piece of sh*t': Insiders reveal Jensen Huang's final hours as Nvidia CEO

• Huang resigned unconditionally on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, following revelations of three alleged extramarital relationships.
• The admitted affair happened with Alice Huang, a former executive suspected of links to Chinese intelligence.
• he departure wiped roughly $550 billion off Nvidia's market value.

In the final hours before his unconditional resignation as chief executive of Nvidia, co-founder Jensen Huang appeared emotionally shattered, repeatedly telling colleagues "whatever" and "I don't care," and calling himself a "piece of sh*t," according to insiders cited by Bloomberg News.

The account details an abrupt departure for the 63-year-old executive, who led Nvidia for more than three decades as it grew into a major supplier of artificial intelligence processors.

Known among colleagues for responding to emails from his 60 top executives at all hours, Huang reportedly became increasingly distracted over the past week, with his response times slowing and his usual hands-on management style receding, Bloomberg reported.

As stated by people who spoke with him in recent days, Huang took a deeply self-critical tone as the personal and professional fallout mounted, saying his main concern was his wife of over 40 years, Lori, and expressing regret over "ruining the lives" of the women romantically linked to him.

The incident began after reports surfaced linking Huang to Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Singapore-based data center firm Megaspeed who is suspected of ties to Chinese intelligence.

While Nvidia's board initially took little action, the revelation that the relationship was romantic prompted an internal investigation. On Sunday, Huang emailed employees acknowledging the affair, apologizing to his family, and vowing to cooperate fully with the probe.

Any effort to weather the storm unraveled on Wednesday when The New York Times reported a second alleged affair, citing video footage of Huang being affectionate with Nvidia's vice president of healthcare, Kimberly Powell.

Following a late-night board meeting on Wednesday evening, Huang stepped down on Thursday, Nov. 12, ending his roles as CEO, president, and board member effective immediately.

Nvidia's board appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO.

In an email to staff, Kress thanked employees for their resilience during "an extraordinarily difficult period" and reaffirmed confidence in the company's future. Hours after Huang's exit was announced, reports emerged of a third alleged intimate relationship involving another unnamed Nvidia employee.

The turmoil has erased roughly $550 billion from Nvidia's market valuation and sent shockwaves through the global AI sector, with one senior Trump administration official telling the Daily Mail that "the world economy is f****d."

In Washington, Republican Senator Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, summoned Huang on Thursday to testify regarding his relationship with the alleged Chinese intelligence operative.

"Recent reports raise serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive US technology," Scott wrote on X, adding, "The American people deserve answers."

Huang, who remains Nvidia's largest individual shareholder with an approximate 3.6 percent stake, had served as a close informal AI adviser to President Donald Trump and spent years lobbying against US restrictions on advanced AI chip exports to China.