在黄仁勋的婚外情丑闻震动英伟达数周前，这位首席执行官曾就继任问题发表评论，如今看来颇具预见性。“正如我可能被解雇一样，下一任首席执行官也必须是被聘用的，”黄仁勋在周四发布、于10月14日录制的彭博电视节目《The Circuit》访谈中表示。
Weeks before Jensen Huang's extramarital affair scandal rocked Nvidia, the CEO made comments about his succession that now seem eerily prescient. "Just as I can be fired, the next CEO has to be hired," Huang told Bloomberg's "The Circuit" in a video released on Thursday and recorded on October 14.
黄仁勋已掌舵英伟达33年。访谈中，主持人询问其女儿Madison Huang——英伟达物理AI高级产品营销总监——是否在接班人选之列。“首先，我并不希望把这份工作强加给她，”黄仁勋说，“原因在于，如果这是他们——无论是Spencer还是Madison——的志向，他们必须靠自己去争取。”Spencer是黄仁勋的儿子，任英伟达机器人产品总监。
Huang, who has led Nvidia for 33 years, was asked during the interview whether his daughter, Madison Huang — a senior director of product marketing for physical AI at Nvidia — was in line to take over. "First of all, I don't hope the job on her," Huang said. "And the reason for that is because if that's their aspiration, Spencer or Madison's, they have to go earn it." Spencer is Huang's son, who works as Nvidia's director of robotics product.
黄仁勋这番新近公开的言论，正值英伟达经历动荡一周之后。周日，首席执行官承认对妻子“不忠”，公司董事会表示正在调查他是否成为外国情报机构的攻击目标。《纽约时报》周三援引五名不愿具名的前员工报道称，黄仁勋与英伟达医疗保健副总裁Kimberly Powell存在第二段婚外情，Powell直接向他汇报工作。周三，《华尔街日报》报道称英伟达董事会正准备罢免黄仁勋，导致公司股价盘后一度下跌8%。英伟达未立即回应《商业内幕》的置评请求。
Huang's newly released comments come following a week of tumult for Nvidia. The CEO admitted on Sunday to being "unfaithful" to his wife while the company's board said it was investigating whether he was targeted by a foreign-intelligence effort. The New York Times on Wednesday reported that Huang had a second affair with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of health care, who reported directly to him, citing five unnamed former employees. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia's board was preparing to remove Huang, sending the company's shares down as much as 8% in after-hours trading. Nvidia did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
这些报道引发了一个长期笼罩全球市值最高芯片公司的问题：谁（如果有的话）已准备好接替黄仁勋？英伟达未公开指定继任者。其以扁平著称的组织架构——黄仁勋直管多达60名高管——使得难以确定明确的“二把手”。分析师和前员工指出，首席财务官Colette Kress可作为临时领导人，长期掌管数据中心与加速计算业务的资深高管Ian Buck也是潜在竞争者。
The reports have raised a question that has long shadowed the world's most valuable chip company: Who, if anyone, is ready to replace Huang? Nvidia has not publicly named a successor. Its famously flat structure, in which Huang has as many as 60 direct reports, has made it difficult to identify a clear No. 2. Analysts and former employees have pointed to CFO Colette Kress, who could serve as an interim leader, and Ian Buck, the longtime executive who leads Nvidia's data-center and accelerated-computing business, as potential contenders.
黄仁勋上个月表示，他希望下一任首席执行官来自英伟达内部——尽管他当时表示无意近期离职。“我真心希望公司的下一任首席执行官已经在公司内部了，”他对彭博社表示。“但20年后，我希望自己依然健康，并希望继续证明自己的价值。”黄仁勋说，确保英伟达培养出自己的下一任首席执行官是他的职责。“我们应当创造条件，让公司持续繁荣，”黄仁勋说，“并让公司的下一任领导者已经在英伟达。”
Huang said last month that he hoped the next CEO would come from inside Nvidia — even if he said at the time he had no intention of leaving soon. "I'm really hoping that the next CEO of the company's already at the company," he told Bloomberg. "But 20 years from now, I hope I stay healthy and I hope I continue to earn my keep." Huang said it was his job to ensure Nvidia develops its own next CEO. "We should create the conditions by which the company continues to thrive," Huang said, "and that the next leader of the company is already at Nvidia."
这位首席执行官表示，掌舵英伟达肩负的责任不容轻视。“我对整个行业负责，”黄仁勋说。“身为首席执行官的压力很大，本就该如此。”
The CEO said running Nvidia carries responsibilities that should not be taken lightly. "I'm responsible for an entire industry," Huang said. "The pressure of being the CEO is high, and it's supposed to be high."