Imagine you could turn back the clock and put money into Nvidia when Jensen Huang was first dreaming up the chipmaker at a Denny's in Silicon Valley. It's as much a part of the fabric of Silicon Valley as the enigmatic billionaire founders, though not every scandal makes the front page. CNBCToptal got speedy traction, and Du Val was determined to run it as a lean operation. He testified that Du Val repeatedly assured him that the million-dollar loan would become a stake in the company. Denis Grosz, a Silicon Valley investor, in the Second Judicial District Court in Nevada.

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Persons: Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Denis Grosz, Taso Du Val, Grosz, Du Val, Du Val didn't, CNBC's Jon Fortt, CNBC Toptal, Toptal, David Mayers Organizations: Nvidia, Facebook, Area, CNBC Locations: Silicon Valley, Valley, Silicon, Nevada