A plaque honoring the very booth where Nvidia was born inside a Silicon Valley Denny's restaurant has been taken down after the CEO's affairs were revealed.
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The Denny's on Berryessa Drive in San Jose once held a plaque that read: 'The booth that launched a $1 trillion company.
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Who knew that an idea started here would change the world?'
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But on Thursday evening, the honorary plaque was taken down, an employee confirmed to SF Gate.
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The employee did not reveal the reason it was taken down.
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It comes after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affairs were exposed, including one where he allegedly was romantically involved with a Chinese spy.
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Denny's gave Huang his first job at 15, where he worked as a dishwasher and busboy, and would be the place he and his co-founders would eventually come up with the idea for the technology company that would go on to become an important factor in the artificial intelligence boom.
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Colton Grace, a Denny's spokesperson, told the Daily Mail that the plaque will go back up.
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'We’re reinstalling the plaque recognizing the conversations at Denny’s that helped launch NVIDIA,' he said in a statement.
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'Jensen Huang started at Denny’s as a dishwasher.
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Years later, he and his co-founders gathered in one of our booths to discuss the idea that became Nvidia.
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The plaque commemorates that shared history.
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Jensen Huang used to work at Denny's as a busboy and dishwasher.
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He would later birth the idea of Nvidia at a booth inside a San Jose location
The Denny's on Berryessa Drive once held a plaque that read: 'The booth that launched a $1 trillion company.
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Who knew that an idea started here would change the world?'
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It was removed on Thursday, but it will be reinstalled, Denny's said
'America’s Diner has long been a place where people and ideas come together, and that history deserves to be preserved.
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Insiders have revealed that the former tech boss spent the final hours before his resignation emotionally drained and being mostly concerned with the consequences of his infidelity for his wife and the multiple women he reportedly cheated with.
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Huang, 63, stepped down from his powerful position as the company launched an internal investigation into his affairs linked to a suspected Chinese spy, an Nvidia coworker, and another unidentified employee.
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While negative headlines engulfed Huang as he ended his reign, he was repeatedly using uncharacteristic phrases like 'whatever' and 'I don't care,' insiders told Bloomberg.
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'He claims not to care what happens to himself at this point.
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His main concern, he says, is his wife, and not "ruining the lives" of the multiple women now romantically linked to him in the public imagination,' the outlet reported.
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The tech boss has been married to Lori Huang for more than 40 years.
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On Sunday, he admitted to having an affair, reportedly with Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed.
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She is also suspected of being a Chinese spy.
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Huang's ties to Alice Huang initially attracted little attention from Nvidia's board of directors, until it came out their relationship was romantic.
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Huang and Denny's CEO Kelli Valade with the plaque in September 2023
It comes after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affairs were exposed, including one where he allegedly was romantically involved with a Chinese spy.
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He is pictured with his wife
Huang with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang in June 2024
After the internal investigation into the affair was launched, Huang emailed employees, acknowledging the affair, apologizing to his family and vowing to 'cooperate fully' with the probe.
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The admission seemed to only fan the flames of the controversy, as headline after headline subsequently emerged appearing to confirm Huang had cheated on his wife with female executives at Nvidia.
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On Wednesday, The New York Times reported a second affair, referring to a video of Huang being affectionate with Nvidia's vice president of healthcare, Kimberly Powell.
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The day after, Huang resigned, and the board announced that Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress would take over as interim CEO.
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Things took an even bigger turn when, just hours later, reports of a third alleged affair trickled in as Huang is alleged to have had an 'intimate relationship' with another Nvidia employee, who is yet unidentified.
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The scandals have wiped $550 billion off Nvidia's market valuation, as they raise national security fears and leave the AI industry in uncharted waters.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Huang and Nvidia for comment.
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