Nvidia is facing an unprecedented valuation test as a board inquiry into CEO Jensen Huang exposes the US chipmaker to a rare key-person risk, while investors also weigh the midterm elections’ potential impact on Washington’s chip controls and AI regulation.
The company’s shares fluctuated in pre-market trading in the United States, sliding more than 5 per cent, following Huang’s bombshell confirmation over the weekend that he had been unfaithful to his wife and would cooperate with an investigation into his conduct.
The probe has added to the turbulence facing the world’s largest chipmaker, whose shares endured a roller-coaster end to last week, tumbling 9.3 per cent on Thursday before rebounding 2.8 per cent on Friday.
