According to foreign media reports, just hours after Nvidia’s former CEO, Jensen Huang, resigned from his positions as CEO and board member on November 13, it was revealed that he had been involved in an intimate relationship with another company employee. This marks the third allegation against Jensen Huang.
The report cited sources familiar with the matter as saying that the identity of the employee in question has not been disclosed, and the employee did not respond when contacted by the media. The two previous allegations involved Alice Huang, who is suspected of having ties to Chinese intelligence agencies, and Kimberly Powell, vice president of healthcare at Nvidia.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche stated at a press conference on November 13 that the FBI is investigating whether Alice Huang ever worked for the Chinese government, but the Department of Justice has not yet reached a final conclusion; the Chinese side has denied the allegations.
Nvidia's stock price plummeted more than 13% after the U.S. market opened, trading at $151 as of 14:31 UTC on November 13. Venture capitalist Haseeb Qureshi commented on social media that the ongoing stream of negative news is eroding Jensen Huang’s credibility, citing the analogy, “If you find two ants in the kitchen, the best-case scenario is that there are more than two,” to echo the industry’s crisis of confidence in Huang Renxun.
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