Jensen Huang had a third affair with another Nvidia employee, Reuters reported Thursday, hours after the company announced his exit as CEO. The report adds a third woman to a scandal that already includes an alleged Chinese spy and a senior executive.
Reuters Names No Woman in Third Affair Report
The Reuters report cites two people familiar with the matter and says the woman also works at Nvidia. Reuters could not reach her, and Nvidia declined to comment, according to Yahoo Finance’s live coverage. Forbes posted its write-up at 3:09 p.m. Eastern, which converts to 20:09 UTC. Forbes noted that Huang has formally acknowledged only one of the three alleged affairs.
Reuters has not identified the woman, her role, or the timing of the relationship. Huang and the board did not respond to requests for comment, per Bored Panda’s account on Yahoo Style Canada, which posted at 22:33 UTC. TMZ followed at 2:27 p.m. Pacific, or 22:27 UTC, with its own item that links back to Reuters. Every outlet reviewed traces the third-affair claim to Reuters. No second newsroom has independently confirmed it, and the sources stay anonymous. Treat it as an allegation.
How the Jensen Huang Scandal Built Over Two Weeks
The story started on Oct. 29, when The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence believed Huang had a close relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at the Singapore-based firm Megaspeed. The two are not related. Reports say officials suspected her of ties to Chinese intelligence. China denies the claim, and Nvidia says it has no reason to believe its secrets were compromised.
On Nov. 8, Huang wrote to employees and admitted he had been unfaithful to his wife, Lori. He took full responsibility in that message, according to coverage from The Blast and the Shade Room. Nvidia’s board opened an independent investigation the same day.
On Nov. 11, the Times reported a second affair, this time with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, who reports to Huang. The Shade Room says the Times relied on five unnamed sources. The Blast reports that a witness allegedly filmed the pair at a California hotel during a March conference and that Huang’s security team reportedly offered the witness a nondisclosure agreement. Nvidia, Huang and Powell have not confirmed the relationship.
Nvidia Resignation Timing and Stock Fallout
Sources disagree on the sequence. TechCrunch says an Nvidia SEC filing shows the board accepted Huang’s resignation on Nov. 11. TMZ and Yahoo Finance describe a Wednesday night board meeting. The Shade Room dates the step-down to Thursday, Nov. 12, when the company made it public. All of them agree on the result: CFO Colette Kress became interim CEO while keeping her CFO job, and longtime director Harvey C. Jones became the company’s first board chair.
The market reacted fast. Yahoo Finance reports Nvidia shares fell as much as 13% early Thursday before paring losses to about 5%. Bernstein cut its price target from $400 to $200 and moved to a market-perform rating. A securities class action against Nvidia was filed Nov. 9, per TMZ. The Blast reports that the board hired former federal prosecutor Joon H. Kim and the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for an independent review.
Washington keeps circling. Yahoo Finance quotes Rep. Brian Mast saying Huang agreed to testify before Thanksgiving after a subpoena threat. Yahoo Finance also cites Semafor on expanded Justice Department scrutiny of Nvidia, including an antitrust probe. Complex adds that Sen. Kevin Cramer called Huang’s conduct a security risk, citing Politico.
50 Cent Turns Jensen Huang Into a Meme
Hip-hop weighed in fast. Complex reports that 50 Cent posted an AI-edited version of his 2003 video for P.I.M.P., with a likeness of Huang standing in for Snoop Dogg. His caption invited the ousted executive to run AI for the film and television arm of G-Unit and tagged GLG
GreenLightGang. Complex dates the post to Thursday but shows no time, so its place inside the six-hour window is unconfirmed. The post fits a pattern. 50 Cent has used AI-edited clips in several recent feuds, per Complex, Hot 97 and XXL headlines, and the Huang scandal gave him a bigger target than a rival rapper.
What to Watch Next for Nvidia and Huang
Nvidia reports third-quarter earnings Tuesday, Nov. 17, according to The Blast. The first call with Kress as interim chief will draw heavy attention. The company has not addressed the thirdaffair report, and its board still has to find a permanent CEO from inside and outside the company.
Yahoo Finance says the status of Nvidia’s Dec. 1 to 3 Washington event, which listed a Huang keynote, remains unclear. Mast’s testimony, the board’s independent review and any response to Reuters will set the next news cycle. Until then, only one of the three alleged affairs has an on-the-record admission.
