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Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang is soon to be ousted by the company’s board amid accusations of a second affair, according to US media on Wednesday. The news comes following reports earlier this week of Huang having an affair with a woman accused of spying for China.
The Wall Street Journal, quoting people close to the matter, reported that the board was preparing to meet to come up with a decison.
Meanwhile, the New York Times said on Wednesday, that video evidence shows the 63-year-old executive being affectionate with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, Kimberly Powell, marking a second extramarital affair.
Powell, 48, has been a prominent figure in Nvidia’s efforts to expand chip technology in higher education and healthcare. Speaking at a conference in San Jose, California, bystanders reportedly saw them “being affectionate at the hotel”, The Times reported.
The report of a second affair follows Huang admitting to having a relationship with Alice Huang, a senior executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Jensen Huang and Alice Huang were photographed together in Taipei in 2024 and 2025.
According to reports, US intelligence circulated a memo last spring alleging that Alice Huang was an operative for China’s Ministry of State Security.
In a note sent to Nvidia employees on Sunday, the company’s CEO acknowledged having a relationship with Alice Huang, admitting, “I was unfaithful to my wife.”
That same day, Nvidia’s board of directors announced that it had initiated “an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.”
“I support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company,” Huang wrote in his statement. Meanwhile, members of Congress have reportedly called on him to deliver a closed-door briefing about his interactions with Alice Huang, according to The Times.
As the artificial intelligence boom has sent Nvidia’s stock to unprecedented heights, Huang has increasingly appeared alongside US President Donald Trump at White House events. Just last month, he received the National Medal of Science from the Republican president.
Huang has also been among the world’s most influential technology executives, alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who pledged to support industry self-regulation of artificial intelligence amid growing concerns over its potential risks. Trump, however, has rejected calls for government oversight and dismissed warnings that AI could pose an existential threat to humanity.
Additional sources • AFP