黄仁勋将英伟达打造成为人工智能时代最强大的公司之一。在这家公司非凡的崛起背后，是一位以强烈进取心和不妥协风格著称的领导者。但他的离职让聚光灯聚焦到一位极度进取的高管身上，此人以傲慢、暴躁脾气和强势领导风格闻名，而这些特质已被三起婚外情指控所掩盖。
Jensen Huang built Nvidia into one of the most powerful companies of the artificial intelligence era. Behind Nvidia's extraordinary rise was a leader known for his intensity and uncompromising style. But his exit has put the spotlight on an intensely driven executive whose reputation for arrogance, explosive temper and forceful leadership has been eclipsed by allegations of three affairs.
《思考机器》作者斯蒂芬·维特认为，英伟达掌门人的陨落从根本上说不是一个技术故事。这是一个关于傲慢、自大和暴躁脾气的故事，据维特称，这些特质甚至让高级主管都不敢挑战他。
Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine, a biography of Huang, argues that the Nvidia chief's downfall is not fundamentally a technology story. It is a story about hubris, arrogance and a volatile temper, which, according to Witt, left even senior executives afraid to challenge him."
“我们生活在人工智能时代——这个时代在很大程度上是由黄仁勋缔造的，或许没有任何其他单个人能比他做得更多，”维特在《纽约时报》的一篇评论文章中写道。但他辩称，黄仁勋的瓦解却是“一个关于男性傲慢的永恒故事，一个因鲁莽自信而毁灭的男人”。
We live in the age of artificial intelligence -- an age that Jensen Huang, perhaps more than any other single person, has made possible," Witt wrote in an opinion piece for The New York Times. But, he argued, Huang's unravelling was instead "a timeless tale of masculine hubris, of a man undone by reckless overconfidence".That contrast -- between the public profile of a visionary technology leader and the picture painted by former employees and reports of his personal conduct -- lies at the heart of Huang's extraordinary fall.WHEN THE THINKING MACHINE LOST CONTROLWhen Witt named his biography The Thinking Machine, the title referred partly to the microchips powering artificial intelligence.
这种反差——作为远见卓识的技术领袖的公众形象，与前员工描绘的画像及关于他个人行为的报道所勾勒的形象之间的反差——正是黄仁勋非凡陨落的核心。当思考机器失控维特为其传记命名为《思考机器》，书名一方面指代驱动人工智能的微芯片。但它也描述了黄仁勋本人：一位极度进取的思想者，据维特称，他的大脑似乎从未停止运转。这种不知疲倦的个性帮助定义了英伟达。
But it also described Huang himself: an intensely driven thinker whose mind, according to Witt, appeared to operate without pause. That relentless personality helped define Nvidia.
黄仁勋于1993年联合创立英伟达，并掌舵长达33年。在他的领导下，公司从一家相对默默无闻的芯片制造商成长为推动全球人工智能繁荣的巨头企业之一。
Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and remained at its helm for 33 years. Under his leadership, the company moved from being a relatively obscure chipmaker to one of the giant companies powering the AI boom of the world.
推动英伟达壮观崛起的那种不知疲倦的气质，也使黄仁勋成为一位苛刻且有时难以相处的领导者。
The same relentless temperament that drove Nvidia's spectacular rise also made Huang a demanding and, at times, difficult leader.
威特说，他2023年首次会见黄仁勋时，这位英伟达首席执行官被塑造为一位谦逊、以人为本的亿万富翁。黄仁勋经常将赞美转向员工和高管。他谈起自己早年当洗碗工的经历，并以光顾平价餐馆而闻名。威特回忆在一家Denny's餐厅遇见黄仁勋，这位亿万富翁给女服务员留下了1000美元的小费，全是百元钞票。这类故事强化了黄仁勋精心打造的白手起家、平易近人的高管形象。
Witt said that when he first met Huang in 2023, the Nvidia chief was presented as a humble, people-oriented billionaire. Huang frequently redirected praise towards his employees and executives. He spoke about his early days working as a dishwasher and was known for visiting modest restaurants. Witt recalled meeting Huang at a Denny's restaurant, where the billionaire left the waitress a USD 1,000 tip in hundred-dollar bills. It was the kind of story that reinforced Huang's carefully cultivated image as a self-made, approachable executive.
但他的传记作者后来认为，这个形象背后还有另一面。谦逊形象背后的脾气据威特称，当受到挑战时，黄仁勋可能会变得极其难以相处。他描述了一位对异议缺乏耐心、当有人反驳他时——即使是相对次要的问题——也可能勃然大怒的高管。“坚持己见，他很快就会爆发，对你大骂愚蠢，”威特写道。他声称，黄仁勋的暴怒可能持续一小时或更久，一些高级高管似乎真的害怕他。
But his biographer came to believe there was another side to that persona.THE TEMPER BEHIND THE HUMBLE IMAGEAccording to Witt, Huang could be intensely difficult when challenged. He described an executive who had little patience for disagreement and could become furious when people contradicted him, even on relatively minor issues." Stick to your position and soon he exploded, screaming at you for your idiocy," Witt wrote. He claimed that Huang's outbursts could continue for an hour or more and that some senior executives appeared genuinely afraid of him.
威特将这种氛围比作电影《爆裂鼓手》中J·K·西蒙斯饰演的虐待学生的音乐教师，这个比喻体现了黄仁勋的公众形象与围绕在他身边工作的人所描述的私人叙述之间的差异。
Witt compared the atmosphere to the abusive music instructor played by J K Simmons in the film Whiplash, which is a comparison that captures the difference between Huang's public image and the private accounts described by people who worked around him.
但这位被免职的英伟达首席执行官的私人生活如今暴露了英伟达成功背后那个男人更为丑陋的一面。三宗所谓的婚外情现已浮出水面。
But the ousted Nvidia CEO's private life has now exposed a far uglier side of the man behind Nvidia's success. Three alleged affairs have now surfaced.
第一宗涉及黄爱丽丝，一位与一家新加坡云计算公司有关联的中国女商人和前高管。美国情报官员据报道认定，她与中国情报机构有联系。
The first involved Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman and former executive linked to a Singapore-based cloud company. US intelligence officials reportedly determined that she had links to Chinese intelligence.
这段关系变得尤为敏感，因为在东南亚经营数据中心的公司一直受到审查，焦点在于尽管美国实施出口限制，英伟达设备是否被转移到了中国。威特进一步指出，考虑到黄仁勋据称与爱丽丝·黄存在恋爱关系，很难相信他会不知情。第二桩曝光的婚外情涉及金伯利·鲍威尔，她是英伟达医疗保健业务副总裁，据威特称，也是黄仁勋的直接下属。
The relationship became particularly sensitive because companies operating data centres in Southeast Asia have been scrutinised over whether Nvidia equipment was being diverted into China despite US export restrictions. Witt went further, arguing that it was difficult to believe Huang was unaware of the activities surrounding Alice Huang given his reported romantic relationship with her. The second reported affair involved Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of healthcare and, according to Witt, Huang's direct subordinate.A former Nvidia employee told Witt that the relationship was well-known inside the company.
一名前英伟达员工告诉威特，这段关系在公司内部是公开的秘密。第三段曝光的关系是在前两起丑闻之后浮出水面的，涉及另一名英伟达员工，其身份未被披露。最大的背叛发生在家中或许这桩丑闻最引人注目的地方，在于它与黄仁勋精心维护的居家好男人形象形成了鲜明对比。黄仁勋17岁时遇见了妻子罗莉。两人是电子工程课程的实验搭档，黄仁勋花了六个月才鼓起勇气约她出来。
The third reported relationship emerged after the first two scandals and involved another Nvidia employee whose identity has not been disclosed.THE BIGGEST BETRAYAL WAS AT HOMEPerhaps the most striking element of the scandal is the contrast with Huang's carefully maintained image as a devoted family man. Huang met his wife, Lori, when he was 17. They were lab partners in an electrical engineering course, and Huang took six months to ask her out.
她是黄仁勋的初恋女友。两人在20出头时结婚。罗莉退出职场，专心抚养孩子，而黄仁勋则追逐着创建一家科技公司的雄心。黄仁勋曾多次公开谈论妻子为让他追逐梦想所做出的牺牲。这对夫妇共同建立了家庭和巨额财富。他们的孩子麦迪逊和斯宾塞后来都在英伟达担任高管职务。这让曝光的婚外情显得格外刺耳。威特写道，他在撰写传记调查期间，曾与这对夫妇一些最老的朋友交谈过。
She was his first girlfriend. They married in their early 20s. Lori stepped away from the workforce to raise their children while Huang pursued his ambition of building a technology company. Huang has repeatedly spoken about the sacrifices she made so that he could pursue that dream. The couple went on to build a family and a vast fortune together. Their children, Madison and Spencer, later joined Nvidia in executive roles. That makes the reported affairs particularly jarring. Witt wrote that he had spoken to some of the couple's oldest friends while researching his biography.
当他提出不忠或婚姻问题的可能性时，他被告知黄家的婚姻幸福甚至完美。他的结论直截了当：“他对她的背叛是彻底的。”“自恋者的快感”维特报道中最具破坏力的描述来自一名前英伟达员工，该员工被问及为何黄仁勋会冒险与下属发生婚外情，而他自己的孩子也在公司工作。据维特称，回答令人不寒而栗。这名前员工说，这“让他兴奋——一种自恋者的快感。”
When he raised the possibility of infidelity or marital problems, he said he was told the Huangs' marriage was happy and even ideal. His conclusion was blunt: "His betrayal of her is absolute."'THE NARCISSIST'S HIGH'The most damaging description in Witt's account came from a former Nvidia employee who was asked why Huang would risk an affair with a subordinate when his own children worked at the company. The answer, according to Witt, was chilling. The former employee said it "got him high -- a narcissist's high."
维特表示，他今年早些时候开始听到关于黄仁勋不忠的传闻，但最初无法证实。他将困难部分归因于他所描述的英伟达内部的沉默文化。
Witt said he began hearing rumours about Huang's infidelities earlier this year but initially could not confirm them. He attributed the difficulty partly to what he described as a culture of silence at Nvidia.
在他的叙述中，这道墙最终被打破，并非因为英伟达的内部文化发生了改变，而是因为记者和美国情报机构发现了公司内部文化一直隐瞒不让公众知晓的信息。
In his account, the wall eventually broke not because Nvidia's internal culture changed, but because reporters and US intelligence agencies uncovered information that the company's internal culture had kept out of public view.
维特的核心观点是，这种才华与权力的结合可能制造了它自己的问题。
Witt's central point is that this combination of brilliance and power may have created its own problem."
“他从无到有建立了英伟达，但因其傲慢和有毒的自我陶醉，留下了一个可能无法填补的空白，”维特写道。
He built Nvidia from nothing but, through his arrogance and toxic self-regard, he has left an empty space that might be impossible to fill," Witt wrote.
根据了解他的人和现在围绕他的指控，这位帮助建立人工智能革命基础设施的男子，似乎也越来越确信规则对自己不适用。
The man who helped build the infrastructure of the AI revolution was also, according to those who knew him and the allegations now surrounding him, a man who appeared increasingly convinced that the rules applied differently to him.- Ends