Jensen Huang caught in another cheating scandal after Chinese spy debacle as Nvidia board looks to oust CEO

Embattled Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has been caught in yet another cheating scandal as the company continues to reel from the revelation that he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

Huang, 63, confessed in a memo to his staff on Sunday to carrying out an affair with a Chinese entrepreneur who has been under investigation for allegedly passing information to Beijing. 

But five people who worked at the chipmaker have now come forward to tell The New York Times that the billionaire also had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, 48, Nvidia’s vice president of healthcare.

The two were reportedly captured on video being affectionate at a San Jose, California hotel during the Nvidia conference in March, two of the sources said. 

They were then both in attendance at the Nvidia GTC Conference in Berlin, Germany at the end of October, sharing a stage together, though Powell was also seen around the same time flaunting her engagement ring.

Both she and Huang are married to other people.

The alleged affair would have also violated the company’s code of conduct, under which employees are told to ‘avoid situations where our actions conflict’ including ‘personal relationships.’ The company also states that it ‘promptly investigates reports of misconduct.’ 

The Nvidia board is now preparing to oust Huang as CEO, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. 

The board was planning to meet as soon as Wednesday to determine Huang’s future with the company, they said. 

Huang had co-founded the chipmaker in April 1993, and oversaw its rise as one of the most valuable companies in the world.

Powell then joined the company in 2008, and rose through the ranks. She was promoted to senior director of artificial intelligence business development in 2016, and by late 2017, she was appointed vice president of health care, according to her LinkedIn.

In that position, Powell oversees programs that could apply Nvidia’s chip technology to higher education and health care – particularly to medical imaging devices. 

The revelation of the affair comes after Nvidia’s board had already launched an investigation into Huang’s affair with the alleged Chinese spy that is being led by the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. 

At the same time, Republican leaders of three influential House committees have asked Huang to appear for a closed-door briefing on his interactions with the woman, who goes by the name Alice Huang. 

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.