Nvidia\u2019s board is preparing to oust its co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang, US media reported Wednesday, as the chip giant\u2019s chief faces new accusations of infidelity after revelations that he had an affair with a woman accused of spying for China.\n<\/p>\n
The tech company\u2019s board was preparing to meet as soon as Wednesday to determine Huang\u2019s future, according to the Wall Street Journal, which quoted people familiar with the matter.\n<\/p>\n
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Huang was also involved in a second extramarital affair, with a subordinate, saying there was video evidence of the 63-year-old executive being affectionate with Nvidia\u2019s vice president of health care, Kimberly Powell.\n<\/p>\n
Powell, 48, has been a public face of Nvidia\u2019s efforts to expand the chip technology into higher education and health care, and was speaking at a San Jose, California conference where they \u201cwere seen being affectionate at the hotel\u201d by bystanders, the Times reported.<\/p>\n
The report of the second affair follows Huang\u2019s acknowledgement of a relationship with Alice Huang, a senior executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed. The Wall Street Journal reported that the two were photographed together in Taipei in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n
US intelligence reportedly circulated a memo this past spring alleging Alice Huang was an asset of China\u2019s Ministry of State Security.\n<\/p>\n
The Nvidia CEO admitted to having had a relationship with Huang \u2014 to whom he bears no familial relation \u2014 in a note to Nvidia employees Sunday, writing: \u201cI was unfaithful to my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same day, Nvidia\u2019s board of directors said in a statement that they\u2019d launched \u201can independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company,\u201d Huang wrote in his statement. He has also been called on by Congress to provide a closed-door briefing on his interactions with Alice Huang, the Times reported.\n<\/p>\n
As the artificial intelligence industry surge has spurred Nvidia\u2019s stock prices to new heights, Huang has appeared at US President Donald Trump\u2019s side at White House events, as recently as last month when he accepted a National Medal of Science from the Republican leader.\n<\/p>\n
Huang was among the world\u2019s most influential tech leaders \u2014 including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg \u2014 who vowed to self-regulate AI against possible threats, as Trump rejected calls for government oversight and dismissed warnings that the technology could wipe out humanity.\n<\/p>\n
Nvidia shareholders filed a class action lawsuit against Huang and the AI chip maker for failing to disclose information about the relationship to investors.\n<\/p>\n
Nvidia shares have plummeted in recent days since Huang admitted to the affair.\n<\/p>\n
Nvidia designs advanced components originally created to handle 3D visuals in video games, called Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).<\/p>\n
Nvidia\u2019s processors are mostly made by Taiwanese company TSMC, the world\u2019s largest contract manufacturer of chips.\n<\/p>\n
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