As Monty Python said, Jensen Huang was not the messiah — he’s a very naughty boy

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Jensen Huang is shocked, shocked (rather like Captain Renault in Casablanca) that executives at Nvidia have effectively shoved him out of his own company.

Jensen Huang is shocked, shocked (rather like Captain Renault in Casablanca) that executives at Nvidia have effectively shoved him out of his own company.

But what was he thinking? Was he thinking? Did he not see that this might be coming given that he was having an affair with a possible Chinese spy and had allegedly broken company rules by getting intimate with a subordinate?

Or did he think that the rules didn’t apply to a genius who had amassed billions and was perhaps the only 63-year-old in the world who could wear a shiny leather jacket without anyone laughing at him?

Actually, don’t answer that one, because we all know the answer, don’t we?

The Ancient Romans had a terrific way to deal with the dangers of hubris, the way that one’s ego can expand to a size such that it starts sucking in intergalactic debris.

Any conquering general riding back into Rome with the people’s cheers ringing in his ears would be accompanied by a slave walking alongside the chariot, whispering in his ear, “Remember you are mortal.”

In this sense, the Huang story is as old as time but it is also — in this age of mega billionaires and global superstars — a modern morality tale. It turns out that Huang, a prodigy who helped to turn sand into ideas via the most sophisticated chips in the world, is as flawed and human as the rest of us.

The Bible warns against worshipping idols and serving mammon. I am not a Bible-believing Christian these days, but I think the Good Book is on to something.

You see, Huang became a modern messiah — always a risky business. He had no external constraints. He could buy anything, do anything. His fellow board members were so in awe of him that they didn’t bother with succession planning (“nobody can replace Jensen,” one insider said). He received rave reviews and was described as a genius. A chap who was considered a geek at college and struggled to meet women had become a star.

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