Ex-Nvidia boss Jensen Huang suspected of third extramarital affair, with another employee
The former CEO of Nvidia, already at the heart of a scandal involving an alleged spy and a vice-president, is targeted by new revelations.
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After his resignation from Nvidia following revelations about affairs with Alice Huang and Kimberly Powell, Jensen Huang is suspected of a third extramarital affair with an anonymous employee of the company.
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Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of Nvidia after revelations of extramarital affairs. One of those involved is suspected of spying for China.
The soap opera continues for Jensen Huang. The ex-boss of Nvidia, who resigned Thursday, November 12 after revelations about two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy, is suspected of a third adultery. Thursday evening, the Reuters news agency reported that the American-Taiwanese businessman had an intimate relationship with a second Nvidia employee, according to two sources close to the matter.
This revelation follows two other extramarital affairs which led to his resignation. The two women are Alice Huang, whom American intelligence services suspect of being a Chinese spy, and Kimberly Powell, vice president of Nvidia in charge of the health division of the microchip giant.
However, no information has leaked on the identity of this second Nvidia employee with whom Jensen Huang allegedly had an affair. Reuters is currently refusing to disclose it because the woman cannot be reached. Nvidia declined to comment on this new matter.
Colette Kress named interim CEO
After revelations from the New York Times at the end of October, Jensen Huang finally admitted, in a letter addressed to his employees on Sunday, November 8, to having entered into an extramarital relationship with a woman suspected of having been recruited by the Chinese intelligence services, Alice Huang, without however naming her. On Wednesday, November 11, American media reported that the executive was involved in another extramarital affair, this time with a vice-president of Nvidia, Kimberly Powell, 48 years old.
Under pressure, Jensen Huang, 63 years old and married, finally resigned on Thursday, Nvidia announced after a meeting of its board of directors. The latter appointed the group's financial director, Colette Kress, as interim CEO, while a replacement for Jensen Huang was found. “The board of directors has launched a recruitment process to find a permanent CEO and will consider internal and external applications,” the firm said.
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