Troubles for former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang do not seem to be ending soon, as reports of his affair with another employee have emerged. Hours after Huang stepped down as the CEO of the American tech giant following exposure of his affair with a suspected Chinese spy, reports emerged about his third affair with an employee.
According to Reuters, Huang was in an intimate relationship with a second employee, who was not named. This is in addition to the two extramarital affairs of Huang that came out in public. The two women with whom Huang had illicit relationships are Alice Huang, a Chinese technology executive suspected of being a Chinese intelligence operative and Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care. Reuters said that it could not reach the woman employee, and Nvidia also declined to comment on the matter.
Affair with a suspected Chinese spy and the resignation
The entire controversy started with the exposure of Jensen Huang’s extramarital affair with Alice Huang. On November 8, 2026, he admitted to the affair and, days later, on November 12, 2026, tendered his resignation as Nvidia’s CEO. To replace him, Nvidia Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress was appointed as the interim CEO of Nvidia.
Jensen’s affair with Alice raised concerns about sensitive corporate and technological information related to Nvidia being leaked to Chinese intelligence agencies. Therefore, the company’s board announced an independent investigation into the matter and hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to examine the allegations against Jensen. The investigation was led by a team associated with former acting US Attorney Joon H. Kim.
The board initially indicated that Jensen could continue as the CEO, but things went further south after reports suggested that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was investigating his relationship with Alice Huang, in light of suspicion of her being a Chinese spy.
This was followed by the exposure of his affair with Kimberly Powell, who joined Nvidia in 2008. The revelations raised concerns about violations of Nvidia’s workplace conduct policies, which caution employees against personal relationships that could create actual or perceived conflicts of interest.
The exposures have not only led to professional repercussions for Jensen but have also severely impacted the company. Nvidia’s shares dropped 9.6% on Monday and Tuesday after the affair was disclosed, then dropped 6% on Thursday when Huang resigned.
