Jensen Huang Just Resigned From Nvidia. A Study of 187 Forced CEO Exits Shows What Could Happen Next

Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO Thursday with no permanent successor. A 2021 study of 187 forced CEO exits at S&P 1500 companies found that when a board pushes out a CEO whose stock had beaten the market, the stock falls 3.4% around the news and trails the market by 13 points at the median over three years. Here is what that means for a retiree with 8,000 shares, about $1.3 million, and the tax bill on trimming.