BlockBeats news, November 12 - The New York Times, citing five individuals who have worked at Nvidia, reported that in addition to the previously acknowledged extramarital affair, Jensen Huang also has an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, the company's vice president of healthcare business. Powell reports directly to Huang, and both are married.
According to sources familiar with the matter, during Nvidia's GTC developer conference in March this year, the two were photographed behaving intimately at a hotel in San Jose, California. Someone filmed the scene with a mobile phone, and Huang's security team subsequently "isolated" the person filming and required them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The New York Times said it has not seen the video. The relationship had previously been discussed internally at the company.
It is understood that Powell was originally scheduled to speak at the opening of the Milken Institute Health Summit in Washington on the morning of November 12. The host, CNN reporter Meg Tirrell, said she had canceled her appearance without specifying the reason.
When asked by a New York Times reporter by phone, Huang responded: "I don't think you should talk to me directly," and then hung up.
This is already the second time within a week that Huang has been exposed for an extramarital affair. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia's board of directors is preparing to remove Huang, with a special meeting potentially held as early as local time November 11 to discuss his future. Following the news, Nvidia's stock price fell by about 9% in after-hours trading at one point.
Since Huang was first exposed for an affair with Alice Huang, the stock price (including after-hours declines) has fallen 18% across the two affair scandals, causing Nvidia's market value to evaporate by approximately $820 billion.
