*** Update: NVIDIA PREPARING TO OUST NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG: WSJ
Nvidia is reportedly preparing to remove founder and CEO Jensen Huang following revelations of two extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese intelligence operative.The board could meet as soon as today to decide Huang's future, according to people familiar with the matter. No final decision or official announcement has been confirmed.
Jensen Huang, the Nvidia chief already under a board investigation over his affair with a woman US intelligence says is a Chinese spy, also had an extramarital relationship with an Nvidia executive who reports to him, according to five people who worked at the company and spoke to The New York Times.
According to the people, the executive is Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of health care. Huang, 63, and Powell, 48, are both married to other people, and the relationship has been discussed inside the company, the five said.
Two of the people told the paper that the pair were caught on video being affectionate at a San Jose hotel in March, during GTC, Nvidia's annual developer conference, while company executives were meeting nearby. Three people briefed on the incident said a bystander filmed the moment on their phone, and that Huang's security spotted the bystander, sequestered them and offered them a nondisclosure agreement. The Times says it has not seen the video.
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