Ousted Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang maintained an intimate relationship with a second internal employee, according to people familiar with the matter, deepening the executive governance crisis that ended his three-decade reign at the semiconductor giant.
The disclosure lands days after Huang stepped down on Thursday amid scrutiny over two previous extramarital affairs. Those relationships involved Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of health care who reported directly to him, and Alice Huang, an individual whom United States intelligence officials suspect of operating as a Chinese spy. The identity of the second Nvidia staff member has not been made public.
The fallout was swift.
Huang had previously acknowledged personal misconduct, issuing a public admission of an affair in a November 8 statement that addressed the fallout surrounding Alice Huang, though he stopped short of identifying her by name. But the compounding revelations of undisclosed relationships with direct corporate subordinates shattered board confidence, abruptly halting Huang's stewardship of the artificial intelligence boom he spent decades engineering.
Nvidia declined to comment on the newest disclosure. Huang, Powell, representatives for Nvidia's board of directors, and Alice Huang did not respond to requests for comment.
| Executive & Relationship Matrix | Role / Affiliation | Status Disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| Jensen Huang | Co-Founder & Ousted CEO | Resigned Thursday following internal disclosures |
| Kimberly Powell | Vice President of Health Care | Named in executive reporting relationship probe |
| Alice Huang | External Contact | Suspected by US intelligence of espionage ties |
| Unnamed Staff Member | Nvidia Employee | Confirmed second internal relationship |
Nvidia's board must now navigate dual crises: managing executive succession across its hardware divisions while federal authorities review the national security dimensions of Huang's liaison with Alice Huang.