Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly had an affair with a subordinate – adding to the scandal enveloping the tech giant since revelations surfaced that he slept with an alleged Chinese spy.
Huang had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, the New York Times reported Thursday, citing five people who worked at the chip-maker.
While Powell, 48, reported to Huang, 63, the duo was caught on video being lovey-dovey at a San Jose, Calif., hotel during a Nvidia conference in March, said two of the sources.
That’s even though Nvidia’s code of conduct urges employees to “avoid situations where our actions create conflict” including “personal relationships,” the Times noted, adding it did not see the actual hotel footage.
Powell, who is married to 54-year-old Graham “Grady” Gerade with two kids, fawned online over her boss-turned-alleged lover a decade before news of their extramarital affair broke.
“Jen-Hsun [Jensen] is named as one of America’s top CEOs by Glassdoor Survey! It’s a awesome place to work, come join us!” she wrote on X in June 2016.
A month earlier, she wrote, “And irresistible for #deeplearning” in a comment on a photo of Huang with the caption, “The GeForce GTX 1080 is almost irresponsible levels of performance.”
Powell and her hubby reportedly live in a sprawling $4.7 million Norcal modernist mansion.
Earlier this week, Huang admitted to having an affair with suspected Chinese spy Alice Huang, no relation. A secret US document reportedly warned months earlier that China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), Beijing’s spy agency, had recruited her.
Jensen Huang fessed to the affair on Sunday, and sought to carry on as normal on Monday and Tuesday.
“I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it,” he told employees Sunday. “I am committed to protecting Nvidia and supporting America’s national security.”
The bombshell revelations sent Nvidia stock plunging and added to worries about the multi-trillion-dollar AI expansion, which the chipmaker has helped drive.
Powell has worked at Nvidia for over 18 years, according to her LinkedIn profile, starting out driving “worldwide evangelism & go-to-market strategy for NVIDIA’s visual computing platforms in Higher Education & Healthcare Industries.”
She took on her veep role nine years ago, her social media profile said. Powell studied at Northeastern University in Boston before racking up additional degrees.
The Post has sought comment from Nvidia.
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