Nvidia’s Jensen Huang forfeits $108M – what could happen to the rest of his fortune

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Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is forfeiting about $108 million as he is resigning from the legendary chipmaker he founded 33 years ago – but questions still remain about the rest of…

Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is forfeiting about $108 million as he is resigning from the legendary chipmaker he founded 33 years ago – but questions still remain about the rest of his riches.

Huang, 63, holds a more than 3.5% stake in Nvidia, making him one of its largest shareholders.

The company’s stock has tumbled nearly 13% so far this week as his alleged affairs with a suspected Chinese spy and two employees at his firm have thrown the company into turmoil.

His net worth has plummeted by roughly $11 billion over just the past few days, hitting $143.3 billion on Thursday – down from $154 billion, according to Forbes.

The Silicon Valley legend is now the world’s 13th-richest person, behind Walmart heir Jim Walton and his family.

As part of his resignation from Nvidia on Thursday, Huang will be forced to give up $108 million in unvested equity compensation – representing less than 0.1% of his net worth, according to Bloomberg.

But the vast majority of Huang’s wealth comes from his trove of Nvidia common stock – not stock options or some other form of equity compensation.

Since the billionaire tech entrepreneur owns those shares outright, it’s highly unlikely Nvidia will try to seize them, according to Patrick Riccards, a crisis communications expert.

“I think Nvidia just needed to be done with this,” Riccards told The Post. “They’re not fools. They realize that all of them are very wealthy because of him and they don’t want him to be an enemy.”

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