REPORT: Nvidia Board Preparing to OUST CEO Jensen Huang After Multiple Affair Allegations

BREAKING: The board of Nvidia is preparing to OUST founder and CEO Jensen Huang — WSJ

Absolutely insane what’s happened here.

Huang reportedly had TWO extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy. The board could meet as soon as TODAY to decide his future

President Trump recently said Huang is “definitely suffering” and has always viewed Huang as a “high quality person”

“I hope there’s no problem.”

A second affair was reported with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care

Nvidia’s board is already investigating whether he was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation.

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Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang after he had two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy and another with an employee.

The board is planning to meet as soon as Wednesday to determine his future, people familiar with the matter said. His departure would bring down the curtain on an era during which he stoked the global artificial-intelligence boom and became a geopolitical star. It would leave one of the world’s most valuable companies in need of a new leader.

Huang, a co-founder of Nvidia, is seen by many as the face of the AI arms race. Known for his leather jackets and near-constant appearances at conferences and events all around the globe, he spoke with the confidence of a salesman who had just what the world wanted—and he did. Nvidia’s graphics processing units, high powered computer processors packed with billions of transistors, are the central component behind what many believe is the next industrial revolution.

The chipmaker’s importance to global customers made Huang a worldwide celebrity. He frequently met with top U.S. and Chinese officials, and was regularly mobbed by adoring fans when he visited Taiwan, his birthplace and the global manufacturing hub of the chip industry.

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang allegedly caught on camera being affectionate with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, according to The New York Times.

The report comes after he was accused of having a relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang allegedly caught on camera being affectionate with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, according to The New York Times.

The report comes after he was accused of having a relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

Huang is now also accused of having an extramarital relationship with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, Kimberly Powell, who is also married, according to The Times.

The outlet reports that Huang and Powell were caught on camera being “affectionate” during a conference at a hotel in San Jose, California.

Powell was promoted to senior director of AI business development in 2016 before being appointed vice president of health care in 2017. She reportedly reports to Huang.

During the conference, a bystander allegedly caught Huang and Powell on camera. Huang’s security sequestered the individual before making an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreement, according to the NYT.

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Jensen Huang, the leader of Nvidia who is under investigation for an affair with a woman who U.S. intelligence determined is a Chinese spy, also had an extramarital relationship with an executive who reports to him, according to five people who worked at the company.
The relationship, which has not been previously reported, was with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, said the people, who spoke under the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive information. Under Nvidia’s code of conduct, employees are told to “avoid situations where our actions create conflict” including “personal relationships,” and the company states that it “promptly investigates reports of misconduct.” Many corporations have policies against managers having relationships with subordinates.
Mr. Huang, 63, and Ms. Powell, 48, were captured on video being affectionate at a San Jose, Calif., hotel during a Nvidia conference in March, according to two of the people who worked at the company. The New York Times has not seen the video.
Both Mr. Huang and Ms. Powell are married to other people.
Mr. Huang, who co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and has turned it into the premier supplier of artificial intelligence chips, has been under intensifying scrutiny. Last month, The New York Times reported that a Chinese executive he had become close to had been identified by U.S. officials as a Chinese intelligence asset.
This month, after Mr. Huang acknowledged the affair, Nvidia’s board opened an investigation into the matter that is being led by the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. The Republican leaders of three influential House committees have also asked Mr. Huang to appear for a closed-door briefing on his interactions with the woman, who goes by the name Alice Huang.
China has denied the espionage claims. Ms. Huang, the Chinese executive accused of spying for Beijing, has not responded to requests for comment.
When reached by phone Wednesday and asked about his relationship with Ms. Powell, Mr. Huang said, “I don’t think you should be talking to me directly.” He then hung up.

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That would be an honor

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