Nvidia stock is on track to notch its worst week in more than 18 months, as its share price continues to reel after Jensen Huang’s ouster from the top chipmaker

Nvidia shares are on course for their weakest week in more than 18 months, extending a sharp slide following the reported removal of Jensen Huang as the chipmaker's chief executive. The transmission mechanism here runs through governance and key-person risk: investors are repricing the probability of strategic continuity at a company whose AI accelerator franchise has been closely identified with Huang's leadership, which feeds directly into the forward earnings multiple the market has assigned to the stock. Nvidia is the most directly exposed name, but the move also reverberates through semiconductor peers and AI-linked equities, as a shift in the dominant supplier's leadership raises questions about roadmap execution and customer relationships across hyperscaler capital spending plans. Traders should watch the company's next formal communication on executive leadership and succession, along with any disclosure on guidance or customer commitments, as the clearest signal on whether the selloff reflects a lasting re-rating or a temporary dislocation.

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