Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces reports of third workplace affair

OPA WIRE, Nov 12 (OPA) — Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang maintained an extramarital relationship with a third employee at the artificial intelligence firm, according to reports published on Thursday. The disclosure follows a report from The New York Times detailing an alleged relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of healthcare. Huang, 63, stepped down from his position earlier on Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the board of directors was moving to oust him.

Additional scrutiny surrounds Huang's past relationships, including an affair with Alice Huang, an unrelated individual whom U.S. government officials suspect of acting as a Chinese intelligence operative. U.S. authorities have expressed concern that sensitive Nvidia microchips may have been funneled to Beijing following federal export restrictions designed to block advanced technology sales to China on national security grounds.

Huang issued a public apology earlier in the week for infidelity regarding his wife, Lori, whom he married in 1985. Both of the couple's adult children are currently employed by the Silicon Valley-based technology titan, adding internal corporate complications to the ongoing leadership crisis at the chipmaker.

The board of directors moved quickly to distance the corporation from the executive turmoil as global regulators monitor the fallout. Nvidia has not yet released a formal statement detailing succession plans or addressing the security implications raised by the federal inquiries into the company's supply chain.