It wasn’t too long ago — a week maybe? — that Jensen Huang’s plethora of leather jackets were considered cool. But after his resignation as Nvidia CEO in the wake of an affair scandal, now his signature look is the butt of jokes.
Ok, so maybe not everyone considered him cool. He is, after all, a billionaire AI founder in his 60s, which isn’t exactly a Keith Richards type of cool. But it was a look — a sort of zesty, zippy fun cool-dad look. Someone even paid nearly a million dollars for one of his used Tom Ford jackets in a charity auction recently.
The leather jacket look was a good mix of stylish and practical. It wasn’t the severe utilitarian uniform of Steve Jobs’ turtleneck, although it meant he didn’t have to think hard about what to wear (he’s said in interviews that his wife and daughter bought him the jackets and that he doesn’t like to shop for himself).
It’s more edgy and fashionable than the standard tech bro Arcteryx vest, but it’s not as thirsty as Mark Zuckerberg with his gold chain and mullet or as gaudy as Jeff Bezos’ mob chic.
How the leather jacket was looking at Jensen pic.twitter.com/GfiAIeYqtU
— Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) November 11, 2026
But circumstances changed.
Huang reportedly had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a business client alleged to be Chinese spy — which China denies — as well as two Nvidia employees. (He resigned the day after news of the first employee affair broke on Wednesday, but before the second on Thursday afternoon.)
BREAKING: SpaceX lowers jackets to half-staff pic.twitter.com/fE7qnVSyLB
— Sound Dobad (@SoundDobad) November 12, 2026
Now, the leather jacket went from a cool quirky affectation to a desperate, horny, divorced-guy-energy look.
jensen leather jacket discourse reminds me of the time two years ago when i wore my beloved moto jacket to a party and my good friend said “great jacket, sorry you got divorced”
— Alex Yablon (@AlexYablon) November 12, 2026
The Cut wrote that “Jensen Huang’s leather jacket confessed before he did“:
The New York Times wrote that “Jensen Huang betrayed the leather jacket community“:
Lol indeed.
And on social media, the jokes about the jacket being a glaring sign of an older guy ready to do some infidelity have been flowing.
Jensen Huang should’ve never leather jacket. Nor her. Nor her.
— Sridhar Ramesh (@RadishHarmers) November 12, 2026
Jensen Huang removing his regular jacket and putting on his custom Sex Jacket
— pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” (@pixelatedboat.bsky.social) November 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Imagining Jensen Huang being forced by the board to take off and surrender his leather jacket like a suspended cop handing over his badge and gun
Is there a lesson to be learned? I suppose it’s that having a signature style is great until your career crashes around you and that’s all everyone is joking about online.
At least the $960,000 someone paid for the used Jensen jacket went to charity.
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