The key facts

  • Nvidia's board of directors, according to the WSJ, is preparing to meet to decide Jensen Huang's future
  • The NYT reports a second extramarital affair — with Nvidia vice president Kimberly Powell
  • Huang previously admitted a relationship with Alice Huang, whom US intelligence, according to reports, considered a Chinese agent; the company has launched an independent investigation

The board prepares to make a decision

The fate of Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang is now in question: as The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation, the company's board of directors is preparing to meet to work out a decision on his future. This comes amid a series of publications about the personal life of the head of the most valuable company of the artificial intelligence boom era.

A second affair and an investigation

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that video recordings, according to the outlet, show the 63-year-old Huang showing affection to Nvidia's vice president for healthcare, Kimberly Powell, 48 — which, according to the newspaper, is his second extramarital affair. According to witnesses at a conference in San Jose, California, the two were seen 'showing affection at a hotel.' Powell played a prominent role in Nvidia's efforts to expand the use of its chips in higher education and healthcare.

Context: Alice Huang and espionage allegations

The report of a second affair follows Huang's admission of a relationship with Alice Huang, a top executive at the Singapore data center company Megaspeed. In a Sunday note to Nvidia employees, he wrote: 'I have been unfaithful to my wife.' According to the WSJ, Jensen and Alice Huang were photographed together in Taipei in 2024 and 2025, and, according to reports, last spring US intelligence circulated a memorandum asserting that Alice Huang is an operative of China's Ministry of State Security.

Reaction from the company and Congress

The same day, Nvidia's board of directors announced the start of 'an independent investigation in connection with recent reports that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence operation.' Huang said he supports the investigation and will fully cooperate: 'I love our country and our company.' According to The Times, members of Congress have called on him to hold a closed briefing about his interactions with Alice Huang.

The stakes for the industry

The scale of the situation reflects Huang's standing: on the wave of the AI boom that lifted Nvidia's stock to unprecedented heights, he increasingly appeared alongside President Donald Trump at White House events, and last month he received the National Medal of Science from him. Huang was also among the most influential tech executives — alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — who pledged to support self-regulation of the AI industry amid growing concerns about its risks; Trump himself rejected calls for government oversight. The board's decision — whose upcoming meeting was reported by the WSJ — has not yet been made: neither Nvidia nor Huang himself has announced any personnel changes.