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Nvidia employees at a Kubernetes conference were shocked by Jensen Huang’s departure, according to a Register columnist who spoke with them. The columnist also describes Huang’s monthly all-hands meetings, where he answered staff questions directly.

That adds a glimpse of the leadership culture facing Nvidia as it looks for a successor to its long-serving chief. The conversations are the columnist’s account, not a company-wide survey, but they point to a challenge that is harder to solve than changing the name on the door: transferring trust and technical leadership.

Discuss: Can a company built around a founder’s personal leadership transfer that culture to a successor, or does it need to change?

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