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When the boss has an affair, the whole family business can pay the price
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Fallout from ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair is the latest reminder of the shared toll paid when patriarchs cheat From Profumo to Petraeus to Gary Hart , Bill Gates and Bill Clinton , history is littered with older men in positions of great responsibility having affairs with
Fallout from ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair is the latest reminder of the shared toll paid when patriarchs cheat From Profumo to Petraeus to Gary Hart , Bill Gates and Bill Clinton , history is littered with older men in positions of great responsibility having affairs with mostly younger women that put their jobs, businesses and reputations at great risk. Now we have the former Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang. These men – smart, respected, powerful – make decisions that simply baffle the rest of us.
If they’re so intelligent, how could they not see how things were going to end up? The answer is they’re men. And when there’s a younger woman who shows interest, well … Continue reading...
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