The Chinese Internet is mourning the loss of Nvidia’s ‘soul,’ its former CEO Jensen Huang

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Jensen Huang resigned on Thursday after a string of reports emerged about his extramarital affairs, and the Chinese internet is sad about it.

The Chinese internet is lamenting the loss of Nvidia's "soul," aka its scandal-ridden former CEO Jensen Huang. Nvidia announced Huang's resignation on Thursday, after three of his extramarital affairs came to light. Huang, who is both a Taiwanese and American citizen, has long since had clout in the East. With his Taiwan food crawls, annual Computex visits, and fluency in Mandarin, he's a fan favorite in the region. Users on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of X, shared disappointment about Huang's resignation on Thursday. Huang's resignation was the top tech topic on the platform all through Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of comments on his ouster flooding Weibo.

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