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德语媒体:“婚外情”并不是黄仁勋的最大失误
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德语媒体:“婚外情”并不是黄仁勋的最大失误

德国媒体评论:英伟达过度依赖黄仁勋的个人魅力与领导力,构成了全球人工智能产业的系统性风险

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德国媒体《商报》与《南德意志报》评论指出,英伟达因缺乏接班人制度且过度依赖黄仁勋个人,正面临严重的系统性风险。黄仁勋的个人私德问题与潜在的政治压力,已对这家全球人工智能核心企业造成巨大不确定性。

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英伟达在人工智能芯片领域占据主导地位,且公司高度依赖黄仁勋的个人领导。目前公司缺乏公开的接班人制度,引发市场对企业稳定性的担忧。

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(德国之声中文网)如果英伟达董事会认定黄仁勋存在重大过错,如果美国政界施加压力,要求黄仁勋辞职,这家公司将会如何应对呢?《商报》评论指出,比董事长私德问题更应引起关注的是,决定着全球人工智能发展走向的公司竟然同一个人牢牢绑定。这篇题为《英伟达老总的最大失误并不是婚外情》的评论写道:

“这段婚外情暴露出的真相是,这家决定着人工智能行业兴衰的企业竟是如此不堪一击:因为黄仁勋并没有及时培养自己的接班人,公开信息中也看不到该公司存在任何接班人制度。英伟达的一切,都同这位充满个人魅力的掌门人密切相关。

由于自己依然精力充沛、活力四射,黄仁勋从未给接班人问题的讨论留下任何空间。十月中旬,英伟达首次在德国首都举办GTC大会,黄仁勋充满激情的演讲,令柏林的千万粉丝陷入癫狂。几十年如一日,这位台湾移民之子总是以一身皮夹克、牛仔裤和T恤的黑色装扮登台亮相。若不是那一头银发,这位亿万富豪简直就是一位摇滚歌星。

然而,这身装扮衬托出的休闲氛围其实只是一个假象。事实上,黄仁勋肩负的重担是其他总裁不能相比的。他的芯片是当今人工智能革命的脊髓,英伟达的芯片技术遥遥领先,以至于美国政府几年前就发布了不得向中国出口最先进芯片的禁令。黄仁勋同美国总统特朗普的个人关系非常要好,总统本人也一直对英伟达公开表示主持。也正因为如此,黄仁勋的婚外情事件也就成了华盛顿的政治议题。”

《商报》评论指出,多年来,在芯片行业的激烈竞争中,英伟达一直能够立于不败境地。而现如今,偏偏是黄仁勋自己,将他毕生打造的辉煌事业带入了危险境地:

“一个被投资者、客户以及政界长期忽视的问题现在浮出了水面:一家具有巨大全球影响力的企业竟然如此紧密地同一个人联系在一起。英伟达董事会现在的当务之急就是,修正黄仁勋所犯下的、可能最严重错误:黄仁勋的不可替代性。”

《南德意志报》评论也认为,正是黄仁勋在英伟达公司“一人独大”的地位,使“婚外情”和“间谍门”在尚未查明之前,就已经给这家公司及其投资者造成了巨大的损失:

“在高科技领域,英伟达绝非个别现象。能想象没有扎克伯格的Meta吗?难以想象。能想象没有马斯克的SpaceX和特斯拉吗?单凭马斯克永远能够单挑所有股东的安排,这一切就是无法想象的。股民们也毫无异议地接受了这样的安排。从这个意义上来看,黄仁勋在英伟达的‘一人独大’也是硅谷模式的样板:狂妄自大、推崇个人、蔑视民主。

问题并不只是英伟达对其总裁的高度依赖。正如甲骨文老总埃里森(Larry Ellison)所说的那样,整个高科技行业都严重依赖英伟达及其芯片。埃利森说,有一次共进晚餐时,他和马斯克曾苦苦哀求黄仁勋收下他们的钱。无论是谷歌、微软、Open AI以及 Anthropic,都为购买英伟达芯片支付了数以百亿计的款项。所有这些公司的未来都取决于英伟达芯片及其有关人工智能的承诺能否兑现。尽管市面上也还有其他一些芯片公司,但产生如此之大的系统性风险,在经济领域实属少见。

按理说,科技行业的大佬们以及英伟达的监事会本应对投资学第一准则谙熟于心:永远不要将宝全压在一张牌上。但英伟达火箭般的上升之路,或许让大家忘乎所以了。现在付出代价的时候已经到了。”

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  • 英伟达董事会是否会启动接班人计划?
  • 黄仁勋的个人争议将如何影响公司股价?

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