Jensen Huang's leather jackets used to be cool. Now they're a punchline.

It wasn't too lengthy ago — a week maybe? — that Jensen Huang's plethora of leather jackets were considered cool. But following his resignation as Nvidia CEO in the awaken of an matter scandal, now his signature appearance is the butt of jokes.

Ok, so perchance not everyone considered him cool. He is, following all, a billionaire AI originator in his 60s, which isn't exactly a Keith Richards category of cool. But it was a appearance — a kind of zesty, zippy fun cool-dad look. Someone equal paid nearly a myriad dollars for one of his used Tom Ford jackets in a philanthropy auction recently.

The leather coat appearance was a fine mix of stylish and practical. It wasn't the serious utilitarian uniform of Steve Jobs' turtleneck, although it meant he didn't have to think difficult concerning what to deteriorate (he's stated in interviews that his spouse and female bought him the jackets and that he doesn't akin to shop for himself).

It's additional edgy and fashionable than the norm tech bro Arcteryx vest, but it's not as thirsty as Mark Zuckerberg alongside his aureate sequence and mullet or as gaudy as Jeff Bezos' mob chic.

But circumstances changed.

Huang reportedly had a affectionate association alongside Alice Huang, a endeavor client alleged to be Chinese spy — which China denies — as fine as two Nvidia employees. (He resigned the day following news of the first employee matter broke on Wednesday, but before the second on Thursday afternoon.)

Now, the leather coat went from a chill quirky affectation to a desperate, horny, divorced-guy-energy look.

The Cut wrote that "Jensen Huang's leather coat confessed before he did":

A $9,000 leather moto is not the outerwear of a man faithfully going residence to his spouse and kids following a lengthy day of architecting the AI revolution. That's a man in a midlife emergency alongside an energetic Raya overview and a Harley in the garage. If person had consulted me years ago, I'd have stated Huang is plainly person who drinks vino alongside his mistress in the center of the day. (The Times uncovered a 2023 photo of Jensen appearing to do exactly that at a lunch in Shanghai alongside Alice.)

The New York Times wrote that "Jensen Huang betrayed the leather coat community":

We ask ourselves: Was Mr. Huang an uncomplicated grade since of his affection of high-fashion, motorcycle-adjacent jackets that say the two "I don't attention what group think!" and "Do you akin how I look?" Did our — I mean, his — armor create him a target? Is an costly leather coat on a middle-aged man the new sign of a honeypot victim?

Lol indeed.

And on social media, the jokes concerning the coat being a glaring sign of an older guy prepared to do several infidelity have been flowing.

Is there a instruction to be learned? I assume it's that having a signature manner is awesome until your occupation crashes about you and that's all everyone is joking concerning online.

At smallest the $960,000 person paid for the used Jensen coat went to charity.