This week’s panprama for the now former CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huangit keeps getting darker. It turns out that two sources confirmed that the former executive director had a third extramarital relationship with a company worker, a case that adds to the scandals that triggered his resignation from office.
This new information is known after two previous links came to light. The first case involved Alice Huangformer executive of the supplier firm Megaspeedwho was identified as an alleged Chinese intelligence agent. A second relationship with Kimberly Powellvice president of healthcare Nvidia and direct subordinate of the then executive director.
The company’s board of directors analyzed the situation under internal regulations, which establish that employees must avoid actions that generate conflicts of interest.
Given this scenario, Huang He submitted his resignation on Thursday to facilitate the resolution of the succession at the company he co-founded in the early 1990s. The businessman agreed to appear in a private session before the United States Congress over his connection with the former executive of Megaspeed.
The American president, donald trumpconfirmed that the FBI is examining the implications of these relationships and noted that the manager denied knowledge of his lover’s alleged links with foreign intelligence services. own trumpin an interview with sports commentator Stephen A. Smithpointed out that Huang “He is devastated,” after a tragic week for his professional career.
“I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did,” he said. Huang through an internal memo.
Following the resignation, the board appointed the financial director, Colette Kressas interim CEO, and appointed Harvey Jones as chairman of the board. The market is considering internal and external options for the definitive succession, among which are Ian Buck of Nvidia, Tim Cookformer president of Appleand executives from firms such as Arm Holdings, amd and Broadcom.
