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Hillary Clinton blames the Trump administration for the scandal surrounding Jensen Huang, arguing that officials have a duty to warn Americans who may unknowingly be targets of foreign intelligence operations. She has a point. Huang is more than NVIDIA’s CEO. He is one of its most valuable brand assets, and an obvious target for foreign intelligence agencies. If the CIA knew he was being targeted, why wasn’t he warned? If Trump knew, why didn’t he alert the man he calls an old friend? Presidential candidates receive security briefings to guard against such threats. Why wouldn’t someone of Huang’s strategic importance deserve similar protection? If officials stayed silent until the allegations reached the media, that failure put two extraordinary brands at risk: Jensen Huang and NVIDIA. Brand equity built over decades can unravel in days.

The New York Times is free to criticize Jensen Huang’s conduct. But “How dare a billionaire wear our leather jackets?” hardly qualifies as serious commentary. In trying to destroy Huang’s brand, are supposedly authoritative publications like The New York Times, the Financial Times and The Economist burying their own credibility? The writer turns his own aesthetic snobbery into a moral judgment, and the editors treat that mockery as worthy of publication. Even as satire, it reveals more about the commentator’s prejudices than about the man he is mocking.

Steve Jobs’ favorite car was a Mercedes sports car, the silver SL55 AMG. But his unusual driving habit was keeping it free of license plates. According to former Apple colleague Jon Callas, Jobs took advantage of a California rule that allowed new vehicles to go without permanent plates for up to six months. Steve Jobs arranged with a leasing company to replace his Mercedes with an identical new one before that period expired. The arrangement let Jobs keep driving his preferred model without fitting permanent plates, while the leasing company received a steady supply of lightly used cars associated with Apple’s cofounder. It was a costly but clever workaround, reflecting his preference for controlling even the smallest details of his surroundings. California closed that loophole in 2019, years after Jobs’ death, requiring temporary plates when vehicles are purchased or leased. His famous routine would no longer work under those rules.

This is beneath The Economist. It turns a Chinese surname into a joke, frames an allegation as guilt, and adds a crude sexual innuendo. The real issues are national security, corporate governance and NVIDIA’s dependence on Jensen Huang. A publication built on intellectual authority should investigate those questions, not imitate a tabloid.

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Jensen Huang is one of NVIDIA’s core brand assets. His reunion with former Sega president Shoichiro Irimajiri in Tokyo illustrates why. Brand.com’s BrandLLM argues that few leaders, even Elon Musk, could readily replicate Huang’s combination of technical leadership, industry trust and personal brand equity. On July 15, Huang publicly thanked the partner whose $5 million investment helped NVIDIA survive its early struggles. Decades later, he still remembers who believed in him when success was far from certain. From a brand equity perspective, such moments give NVIDIA a human identity. Huang’s gratitude reinforces his reputation for loyalty and signals that NVIDIA values lasting partnerships. For customers and partners, that can strengthen confidence in the company behind the technology. His technical vision helps drive NVIDIA’s innovation. His personal credibility helps turn that innovation into lasting brand equity.