The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Nvidia board is intending to remove Jensen Huang from the company now that a second affair, this one with an Nvidia executive who reports to him, has surfaced.
The Nvidia board is reportedly planning to oust CEO Jensen Huang amid reports he engaged in two extramarital affairs, including one with a Chinese businesswoman and alleged spy and another with an executive at his tech company.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the board was preparing to meet as soon as Wednesday to determine Huang’s future with the technology giant he founded.
On Sunday, Nvidia said that its board launched an independent investigation “in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.”
The development on Wednesday comes after The New York Times reported nearly two weeks ago that Huang had “a close relationship” with an alleged Chinese government agent, identified as Alice Huang, a top executive at Singapore-based data company Megaspeed. He later admitted in an internal statement to Nvidia staff that he had been “unfaithful to his wife.”
Amid the fallout from the allegations and the letter, The Times reported on Wednesday that Huang also allegedly had an extramarital relationship with an Nvidia executive who allegedly reports to him. The outlet, citing sources within the company, reported that Huang and his colleague were allegedly captured on video being affectionate at a hotel during an Nvidia conference in March. The New York Times said it had not seen the video.
I somehow doubt that all of this news coming out right now is unrelated to the upcoming trilateral summit between the USA, China, and Russia. It’s pretty clear that none of this behavior is unknown to the intelligence agencies, but they don’t act upon the knowledge until it’s of some potential use to them.