Nvidia Board Opens Independent Review of CEO Jensen Huang, No Successor Named

The rare step of independent directors hiring outside counsel signals governance scrutiny serious enough to formalize, even as the board publicly backs Huang. The absence of a named successor and a founder-CEO at the center of a company this large is the real structural issue, not the review itself. Prediction markets repricing sharply shows how quickly sentiment can move on leadership uncertainty. What's worth watching is whether the review produces disclosure on scope, and whether succession planning gets addressed at all.