12.11.2026 08:00
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has this time faced allegations that he had an illicit affair with the company's married vice president Kimberly Powell. While it was claimed that the two were seen being intimate at a hotel in San Jose, it was stated that Huang's dismissal was being considered after the incident. No official statement has yet come from Nvidia, and the existence of the relationship has not been independently verified.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, one of the world's leading chip manufacturers, has faced a new allegation after admitting a relationship with a woman who came to prominence over suspicions that she spied on behalf of China. The US press reported that Huang also had a relationship with his married vice president Kimberly Powell, who reports directly to him. While it was stated that the pair were filmed being intimate in a hotel, it was reported that Nvidia management was preparing to consider Huang's dismissal.
THIS TIME, A NAME FROM INSIDE THE COMPANY
According to a report by The New York Times based on five people who worked at Nvidia, it was stated that 63-year-old Jensen Huang had an extramarital affair with 48-year-old Kimberly Powell, the company's vice president responsible for health technologies. While it was expressed that both are married to other people, Powell's working directly under Huang also opened the company's internal ethics rules to debate.
The report described that the pair were seen being intimate in a hotel during the Nvidia GTC conference held in San Jose in March. According to witnesses, those moments were recorded by a person with a mobile phone. However, The New York Times stated that it had not personally examined the footage. Therefore, the content of the footage in question and the nature of the relationship have not been independently verified.
WHO IS KIMBERLY POWELL?
Kimberly Powell, who studied electrical engineering, joined Nvidia in 2008. Powell, who has been working at the company for about 18 years, has taken on important responsibilities in developing activities in the field of health technologies.
In her career, which she began with work aimed at using Nvidia's graphics processors in medical imaging systems, Powell took part in programs carried out with universities, research organizations, and artificial intelligence ventures. She later became head of the company's global health technologies operations.
Today, Powell is responsible for Nvidia's activities covering artificial intelligence solutions in healthcare, drug discovery, life sciences, and medical imaging work, and she also frequently appears as a speaker at the company's technology conferences.
HUANG WAS ASKED, HE ENDED THE CALL
According to The New York Times report, Jensen Huang ended the phone call by saying that he should not be directly addressed in response to the question posed to him about his relationship with Kimberly Powell. While Nvidia did not make a statement on the matter, Powell also did not respond to journalists' requests for comment.
The extramarital relationship that Huang had previously admitted to was linked to Alice Huang, one of the executives of the Singapore-based company Megaspeed. US intelligence assessments that Alice Huang may have spied on behalf of China brought national security debates to Nvidia. The Chinese government, however, rejected the espionage allegations.
PREPARATION FOR DISMISSAL AT NVIDIA
In its official statement on November 8, Nvidia's board of directors announced that it had launched an independent review to investigate whether Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. The company stressed that at that stage there was no reason to believe that trade secrets or national security had been compromised.
After the news about Kimberly Powell, The Wall Street Journal wrote that Nvidia's board of directors was preparing to meet to discuss Huang's future. Following the developments, the company's shares experienced a sharp decline in after-hours trading. However, there is no verified decision that Huang has been dismissed.