Jensen Huang Was a Busy, Horny Little Bee: Report

Former Megaspeed senior leader and accused Chinese spy Alice Huang apparently wasn’t Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s only extramarital side piece. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the AI titan had a second affair with one of his subordinates, citing five sources. That person is Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, sources told The Times. Such relationships are verboten under Nvidia corporate policy (as they generally are at any company with a functional HR department). Two of the sources told The Times that Jensen Huang and Powell were videotaped “being affectionate at a San Jose, Calif., hotel during a Nvidia conference in March,” though the paper didn’t obtain the video. “Three people briefed on the incident” told the Times that Jensen Huang’s security then cornered the person filming and attempted to convince them to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The Times contacted Jensen Huang by phone, to which he responded, “I don’t think you should be talking to me directly.” Then he hung up—though it’s anyone’s guess whether his next call was to warn his wife, Lori, or his legal team. Jensen Huang’s affair with the suspected spy, who reports indicate sought to influence him towards lobbying for more AI chip exports to China, is already a PR crisis for the executive and is quickly taking the shape of a greater scandal. A Republican senator, North Dakota’s Sen. Kevin Cramer, has already called for his resignation as CEO. Questions are also mounting about what President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet, particularly Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, knew about the fiasco and when—the administration reportedly learned about the allegations months ago, but took no action. Nvidia and Powell didn’t respond to The Times’s request for comment (nor did the company immediately respond to another from Gizmodo). We’ll update if we hear back. This is a breaking news story and may be updated as more information becomes available. Update: 5:40 p.m. on 11/11/2026: The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust Jensen Huang and could act as soon as tonight, although it didn’t provide any other details.