Jensen Huang had a third affair, this time with a second Nvidia employee, after resigning over the first two
The Jensen Huang scandal just got worse.
According to two people familiar with the matter, the ousted Nvidia CEO had an intimate relationship with a second employee. It’s his third reported affair. It follows two others that led to his resignation Thursday. One was with Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed whom U.S. intelligence suspects of being a Chinese spy. The other was with Nvidia’s vice president of health care.
The new woman hasn’t been named, and attempts to reach her were unsuccessful. Nvidia declined to comment. Jensen Huang and a representative for the board didn’t respond to requests for comment, and Alice Huang couldn’t be reached.
Huang, 63 and married, admitted to an affair in a Nov. 8 statement after reports of his relationship with Alice Huang. He didn’t name her. Pressure on him to resign mounted from there.
Earlier this month, Nvidia’s board launched a probe into whether Huang had been targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. The board also said it had confidence in him.
That confidence didn’t last. Nvidia’s board named finance chief Colette Kress interim CEO and started a search for a permanent replacement.
The market has already noticed. Nvidia’s shares fell 5.5 percent Thursday. The stock is down more than 30 percent from its early October peak.
Huang’s exit could shake the whole AI industry. Nvidia used its financial strength to build an industry around its chips, backing cloud computing companies and AI labs.
One affair was a scandal. Three is a pattern.