Abstract:
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang was revealed to have had a previously unreported close relationship with another employee within the company. This means that a new situation has emerged surrounding Huang Renxun’s extramarital relationship controversy. Reuters cited two people familiar with the matter as saying the relationship involved an Nvidia employee. Due to privacy concerns, Reuters did not publish the name of the employee, nor did it disclose the duration of the relationship or other specific details. The report pointed out that this employee was not the same person as the two women previously reported by the media.
Previously, Huang Renxun had already been involved in public opinion controversy due to two other extramarital relationships. One of them is Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore chip company Megaspeed, and the other is Kimberly Powell, vice president of Nvidia's medical and health business. Alice Huang is also suspected by U.S. intelligence agencies of having ties to Chinese intelligence agencies, but this allegation has not been independently confirmed and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has previously denied it.
Huang Renxun had previously admitted to Nvidia employees that he had been unfaithful in his marriage, and apologized to his wife, children and company colleagues for this. However, in his public statements, he did not identify the women involved or explain the circumstances of each relationship in detail.
As more reports surface, NVIDIA's internal governance and management stability have come under further scrutiny. Previously, the company's board of directors has launched an independent investigation and hired external lawyers to help verify whether Huang Renxun was affected by foreign intelligence operations and whether related incidents may involve the company's commercial information or national security issues.
Huang Renxun has been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress in the next few weeks to explain his relationship with Alice Huang and related national security issues. By then, more details of the incident may emerge.
Public information is still limited at this time. Reuters did not identify the third employee or provide additional details sufficient to independently verify the relationship, so the content should still be considered a media report based on the accounts of people familiar with the matter.
This controversy has extended from Huang Renxun’s personal marriage issues to Nvidia’s corporate governance, U.S. chip export policy to China, and the leadership stability of the artificial intelligence industry.
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