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Reuters reports a third Jensen Huang affair at Nvidia
Reuters reports Nvidia founder Jensen Huang had a previously unreported affair with another employee, hours after he stepped down as CEO following disclosures about two other relationships.
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang was involved in a relationship with another company employee that had not previously come to light, Reuters reported Thursday. The report lands the same day Huang stepped down as both CEO and board member, after news broke of extramarital affairs with Alice Huang, an executive accused of acting as a spy, and with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of healthcare. Nvidia’s chief financial officer, Colette Kress, has stepped in as interim CEO; the company has not named a permanent successor.
Reuters did not name the employee linked to the newly reported relationship but said she works at Nvidia. Huang has also agreed to testify before Congress in the coming weeks about the national-security implications of his relationship with Alice Huang, though how much more will surface before those hearings remains unclear. His rapid fall is expected to carry significant repercussions for the industry at large.
Why it matters
Huang’s departure leaves Nvidia without a permanent CEO just as he prepares to testify to Congress about the national-security implications of his ties to Alice Huang — and with a third affair now reported, the fallout is expected to carry significant repercussions for the wider industry.