How ‘key person risk’ derails companies—and poses problems for Nvidia amid the Jensen Huang scandal
The bigger the presence of a leader or CEO, the bigger the fallout for the organization.
When companies put all their faith and trust in one powerful leader, backup plans when things go south are hard to come by. Just ask Nvidia. The world’s second most valuable company (down to the third most valuable as of this writing) is in the throes of a major PR scandal that hasn’t just shaken trust in the tech company’s leader, but in the entire entity.
