Jensen Huang, chief executive of the American chipmaker Nvidia, has been suspected of yet another extramarital relationship — this time with his direct subordinate, Kimberly Powell, the company's vice president of healthcare. According to The New York Times, citing five employees of the corporation, both executives are married, but they were seen on video footage showing affection toward each other at a hotel in San Jose, California, during an industry conference earlier this year, infohub.kz reports.
Nvidia's corporate rules do not approve of romantic relationships between managers and their subordinates.
The new allegations emerged amid an internal investigation already under way, which the company's board of directors launched after Huang publicly admitted to an affair with a woman suspected of spying for China. U.S. lawmakers have also taken an interest in the situation: on Wednesday, two Republicans from the House of Representatives said Congress was prepared to send Nvidia's chief an official subpoena in the espionage case if he does not voluntarily appear at a closed-door briefing.
Late Wednesday evening, shortly after reports of the alleged relationship with Powell were published, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia's board had begun preparing to remove Jensen Huang from his post. Huang is a co-founder of the tech giant, which he created in 1993, and has led it continuously for more than three decades. Company representatives have not yet commented on the situation.