NYT Reports Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Allegedly Had Affair With Direct Report; Board Preparing to Fire Him
The New York Times cites anonymous sources alleging that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with VP of Healthcare Kimberly Powell, while the board reportedly prepares to oust him.
According to a New York Times report, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is accused of having an extramarital affair with a direct report, escalating the scandal surrounding him. The newspaper, citing five anonymous sources within Nvidia, stated that Huang had a relationship with Kimberly Powell, the company's vice president of healthcare.
The report says the two were "captured on video being affectionate" in March at a hotel in San Jose, California, where Nvidia's GTC conference takes place. Sources claim someone filmed the moment on a smartphone, but Huang's security team "sequestered" them and "made the person an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreement."
Huang was already embroiled in a scandal after admitting to an affair with Alice Huang, an executive at Singaporean firm Megaspeed whom U.S. intelligence believes was spying for China. Nvidia's board has launched an independent investigation into that matter.
The Times noted that personal relationships are mentioned as potentially causing conflicts of interest in Nvidia's code of conduct. Powell joined Nvidia in 2008 and has been steadily promoted. Like Huang, she is married to someone else. Nvidia has not responded to requests for comment.