Barely hours after stepping down from the technology empire he co-founded more than three decades ago, former Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang is confronting an escalating wave of personal and corporate scrutiny. According to a new investigative report published by Reutersthe 63-year-old married executive allegedly maintained an intimate extramarital relationship with a second female employee at Nvidia—bringing the total number of reported affairs linked to Huang to at least three.
The latest revelation has sent fresh shockwaves across Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and global artificial intelligence hubs—including major enterprise engineering and R&D centers across India in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Gurugram, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Lucknow. While Reuters withheld the identity, designation, and departmental role of the unnamed employee after attempts to reach her proved unsuccessful, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed the relationship to the news agency. Nvidia declined to comment on the report, and neither Huang nor representatives for the company’s board responded to requests for clarification.
How Three Alleged Relationships Unraveled a Three-Decade Tech Dynasty
Until early November 2026, Jensen Huang was widely celebrated as the visionary architect of the modern AI hardware era. Yet within the span of a single week, a succession of disclosures shattered his standing and triggered a sharp sell-off in Nvidia shares, wiping out hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. The sequence of allegations now includes:
Alice Huang (Megaspeed Executive): The crisis erupted when media investigations revealed Huang’s extramarital relationship with Alice Huanga Chinese businesswoman and controlling executive at Singapore-based cloud and data-center operator Megaspeed (who shares no family relation with the Nvidia co-founder). US counterintelligence officials reportedly placed Alice Huang under surveillance over suspicions of links to China’s Ministry of State Security and concerns that Megaspeed may have served as a conduit to bypass US export controls on advanced AI chips. On November 8, 2026Jensen Huang issued an internal memo to Nvidia employees admitting he had been unfaithful to his wife of over four decades, Lori Huang, while denying that company secrets or national security had been compromised.
Kimberly Powell (Nvidia VP of Healthcare): Days later, reports surfaced alleging that Huang had also been involved in a workplace relationship with Kimberly PowellNvidia’s Vice President of Healthcare—a senior executive who reported directly to him. Neither Powell nor Nvidia has publicly commented on the allegation, which raised acute corporate governance concerns over C-suite power dynamics and potential conflicts of interest.
Unnamed Second Nvidia Employee: Following Huang’s formal resignation on Thursday, November 12, Reuters reported that insiders alerted investigators to a third liaison involving yet another female staff member inside the Santa Clara chipmaker—reinforcing concerns among institutional investors that undisclosed workplace relationships extended deeper than initially believed.
Wachtell Probe, Congressional Summons, and Legal Defense
Even though Jensen Huang has relinquished his roles as president, chief executive officer, and member of Nvidia’s board of directors, his legal and regulatory challenges are intensifying. Nvidia’s board previously retained prominent Wall Street law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct an independent investigation into whether any proprietary technology or national security interests were exposed through Huang’s ties to Alice Huang.
Simultaneously, Huang has agreed to testify before the United States Congress regarding his association with Alice Huang and export compliance around Megaspeed, and has retained high-profile litigation counsel from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to represent him amid mounting shareholder lawsuits and federal inquiries.
All Eyes on Interim CEO Colette Kress to Stabilize Operations
With Nvidia’s stock reeling from consecutive sessions of steep losses following Huang’s exit, the company’s board has placed immediate operational leadership in the hands of longtime Chief Financial Officer Colette Kresswho joined the chipmaker in September 2013 and will serve as Interim CEO alongside her finance duties. Supported by newly appointed independent Board Chairman Harvey C. JonesKress now faces the monumental challenge of restoring corporate governance credibility, reassuring global cloud customers, and keeping Nvidia’s AI product roadmap on track while the board searches for a permanent chief executive.