New Delhi: Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidia has not put an end to the scandal that engulfed the chipmaker’s former chief executive. A day after his resignation following reports of two extramarital relationships, a new Reuters investigation has revealed that Huang had an intimate relationship with a second Nvidia employee, taking the number of reported relationships involving the 63-year-old to at least three.
The latest revelation follows reports of two other extramarital relationships involving Huang. One was with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman and former executive at Singapore-based cloud company Megaspeed, who has been suspected by US intelligence officials of having links to Chinese intelligence. The other was with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of healthcare, who worked directly under Huang.
Reuters, citing two people familiar with the matter, reported that the second employee involved in the newly reported relationship had not been identified. Attempts to reach her were unsuccessful. Nvidia declined to comment, while Huang, Powell and representatives of the company’s board did not respond to requests for comment.
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Huang had admitted to having an affair in a statement on 8 November, issued after reports emerged about his relationship with Alice Huang. He did not identify the woman by name. Pressure on him to step down mounted following the reports.
The controversy had also prompted Nvidia’s board to launch an investigation earlier this month, led by independent directors and outside legal counsel, into whether Huang had been targeted as part of a foreign intelligence operation. The board had expressed confidence in him at the time.
Following his resignation, Nvidia appointed chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim CEO while it searches for a permanent successor. The leadership change comes at a sensitive moment for Nvidia, whose chips have become central to the global artificial intelligence boom and the technological competition between the US and China.
(Edited by Janaki Pande)