Jensen Huang Faces a $108 Million Cost After Leaving Nvidia

Jensen Huang is set to forfeit about US$108 million in unvested Nvidia equity after leaving the company, according to the report. The amount is substantial on its own, but represents only a small slice of the fortune attributed to him by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The awards are restricted stock units that have not yet vested. Nvidia’s compensation policy says such units are forfeited when an executive’s continuous service ends, meaning Huang will not receive the outstanding shares following his departure. The report puts Huang’s net worth at US$138.4 billion and estimates that the forfeited equity equals around 0.08 per cent of that total. It also says his roughly 3.5 per cent voting stake in Nvidia accounts for nearly 97 per cent of his wealth. Huang, 63, reportedly received about US$7.5 million in cash compensation in each of the past two years. The article describes that pay as negligible compared with his overall fortune, while noting that his exit still carried an immediate financial consequence. According to the report, Huang stepped down after two extramarital affairs were revealed. It does not detail the circumstances of his departure beyond linking the disclosure to his resignation.