“Jensen Huang Had an Extramarital Affair with an NVIDIA Executive” ... ‘Office Affair’ Revelations Also Emerge

[Financial News] Jensen Huang, 63, CEO of NVIDIA, already in trouble over an affair with a woman identified as a Chinese spy, has also been having an extramarital relationship with a female executive who reports directly to him at the company, The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 11th (local time).
The woman in this affair is Kimberly Powell, 48, vice president of NVIDIA’s healthcare division. Both Huang and Powell are married.
According to the report, Huang and Powell were seen showing affection at a nearby hotel during NVIDIA’s annual developer conference (GTC), held in San Jose, California, this past March.
According to three people familiar with the matter, a witness at the scene filmed the moment on a cellphone. Huang’s security team reportedly saw this, isolated the witness, and had them sign a nondisclosure agreement.


When asked about his relationship with Powell in a phone interview with the NYT, Huang said, “I don’t think you should contact me directly,” and immediately hung up.
NVIDIA did not issue an official statement, and Powell also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
NVIDIA’s code of conduct states that employees “must avoid situations in which our actions, including personal relationships, create conflicts of interest,” and says it immediately launches an investigation when it receives reports of inappropriate conduct within the company.
Many U.S. companies also have policies that strictly prohibit romantic relationships between supervisors and subordinates.

Powell joined NVIDIA in 2008 and has overseen programs applying NVIDIA’s chip technology in higher education and healthcare, particularly programs to apply it to medical imaging devices.
She was promoted to senior director of AI business development in 2016, then appointed vice president of healthcare at the end of 2017. She has represented the company as a speaker at technology conferences around the world.
At the GTC conference this past March, she also gave a presentation on innovation in healthcare and biology through AI, using a cartoon depiction of CEO Huang.
CEO Huang’s standing has come under increasing pressure amid recent affair scandals.
After Huang admitted to having an affair with Alice Huang, a woman identified as a Chinese spy, NVIDIA’s board launched an independent investigation through a major law firm. The U.S. Congress has also demanded that Huang attend a closed-door briefing and testify about the circumstances of his contact with Alice Huang.
Meanwhile, the Chinese government denied the related espionage allegations, while Alice Huang, who is suspected of being a spy, has not responded to requests for comment.
[email protected] Lee Seok-woo, International Affairs Correspondent Reporter