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Jen-Hsun Huang’s resignation comes at a huge price! Net worth shrank "so much" overnight, 3.5 billion equity rewards were all wiped out, 3.5 billion equity rewards were all wiped out
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Jen-Hsun Huang’s resignation comes at a huge price! Net worth shrank "so much" overnight, 3.5 billion equity rewards were all wiped out, 3.5 billion equity rewards were all wiped out

After resigning, he will give up approximately US$108 million in unvested equity compensation, and his personal net worth will shrink by US$6.8 billion.

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  • Huida CEO Huang Renxun resigned as CEO, president and director, causing the company's stock price to plummet.
  • The market value fell below US$4 trillion for the first time since 2025.
  • His personal net worth shrank by US$6.8 billion, and he will give up approximately US$108 million in unvested equity compensation.

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Why It Matters

Huang Renxun is the co-founder of Huida and holds approximately 3.5% of Huida’s shares. Related holdings account for nearly 97% of his personal wealth. He received cash compensation of approximately US$7.5 million in each of the past two years. Huida's stock-based compensation policy stipulates that once senior executives terminate their continued employment, unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) will be cancelled.

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Jen-Hsun Huang announced his resignation as CEO, President and Director. (AFP file photo)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] The news of the resignation of NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang shocked the technology world and dragged down the company's stock price. The market value fell below US$4 trillion for the first time since 2025. Huang Jen-Hsun's personal net worth also shrank significantly by US$6.8 billion (approximately NT$217.6 billion). In addition, leaving the company also means that he will give up an unvested equity compensation amounting to US$108 million (approximately NT$3.5 billion), but this loss only accounts for 0.07% of his net assets.

According to "Bloomberg" reports, the "Bloomberg Billionaires Index" estimates that before Huida announced on the 12th that Huang Jen-Hsun had resigned as president, CEO and director, his net worth was as high as US$144.5 billion (approximately NT$4.7 trillion).

According to Huida's stock-based compensation policy, once senior executives terminate their continued employment, unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) will be cancelled. Huang Renxun currently holds approximately 346,000 units of unvested shares. If the company achieves certain performance goals, he could have obtained approximately 310,000 shares through the equity award plan.

Unlike many technology CEOs, Huang's wealth comes almost entirely from holdings of Huida common stock, rather than stock options or other forms of equity compensation. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Huang Renxun holds about 3.5% of Huida’s shares, and related holdings account for nearly 97% of his personal wealth. Since Huida only has one common stock, Huang does not hold special voting rights.

The 63-year-old Huang Renxun is the co-founder of Huida. He has received about US$7.5 million in cash compensation in each of the past two years, which is negligible compared with his net worth of US$100 billion. After resigning this time, he will lose his unvested stock compensation, but what really affects his wealth is the change in Huida's stock price.

The report pointed out that after the news of Huang Renxun's resignation was announced, Huida's stock price plunged 14% during New York trading hours, and Huang Renxun's personal net worth also shrank by about US$6.8 billion. However, the decline converged at the end, falling only 4.34% to close at US$166.19.

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