Nvidia's philandering ex-CEO Jensen Huang is already plotting return to the company as Silicon Valley elites set up 'war room' to reinstate him

Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is vying to reclaim the position he resigned from just days ago after admitting to having an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, according to a report.Huang, 63, stepped down on Thursday from the top role at the $4 trillion tech giant he co-founded after it was revealed that he may have also had a second affair with Nvidia's Vice President of Healthcare Kimberly Powell. Hours later, Reuters reported that the former CEO had yet another, third extramarital relationship with another unidentified Nvidia employee. Huang has only admitted to the affair with the alleged spy, Alice Huang, whom he is not related to. Despite the seriousness and recency of the philandering accusations, Huang has already been holding discussions with powerful Silicon Valley figures about returning as CEO, sources told the Financial Times. An ally of the ex-CEO told the publication that Silicon Valley executives have been putting together a 'war room' to lobby for Huang's return to Nvidia. The executives are hoping to gain support from the White House, and their efforts are being supported by Huang behind the scenes, the source said.Many investors, Nvidia employees and Silicon Valley executives have also already publicly supported Huang, citing his enormously successful 33-year leadership of the company and vision that placed the business at the heart of the AI boom.An open letter calling for Huang's return has been supported by Elon Musk and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, as well as nearly 9,000 former and current Nvidia employees and more than 83,000 investors. Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is plotting a return to the position he stepped down from just days ago, according to sources. He is pictured with his wife, Lori Huang has admitted to having an affair with businesswoman Alice Huang, who is suspected of being a Chinese spyHuang has also been accused of having an affair with Nvidia's Vice President of Healthcare Kimberly Powell (pictured) and another unidentified Nvidia employeeAlthough the executives backing Huang are hoping to enlist the White House's help, they may run into some resistance, as Treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday called for a 'dramatic shakeup' in leadership at Nvidia.President Trump has maintained a positive tone about Huang since the affairs were reported and the ex-CEO stepped down, calling him 'a tremendous talent.' Trump also said, however, that Huang was right to resign if it is confirmed that Alice was a spy. 'It's sad. He’s a tremendous talent. He did something nobody else did. He has a chip that’s so complex, so brilliant, you can’t copy it. What he’s done is incredible, he built an incredible company,' Trump told CNN's Stephen A Smith on Thursday.Smith asked Trump point blank if Huang was right to step down, which led to a rare pause from Trump before answering.'The big thing was, was the woman a spy? If the woman was a spy, yes, if the woman was not a spy perhaps it would be different,' the president said.Alice is an executive at the Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed, which US authorities suspect has smuggled restricted Nvidia chips to China. Authorities also believe Alice was was tasked with obtaining sensitive information from Huang and influencing Nvidia's business decisions to enhance the Chinese market's access to the company's chips. Powell, the Nvidia executive Huang is accused of having a second affair with, is married like Huang, and Nvidia has strict rules on relationships between colleagues, particularly bosses and employees.That could make the ex-CEO's hopes of returning to the company particularly challenging, as 'having an affair with a subordinate is a fireable offence,' a source involved in the reinstatement efforts admitted to the Financial Times.Huang did not have a controlling share of Nvidia like many other Silicon Valley executives, which made him unable to override any board decision. The board is now being headed by interim CEO Colette Kress, who previously held the title of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.Nvidia's market cap has dropped 12.75 percent since Huang's affair disclosure and resignation, and it has plunged around 32 percent since its $5.8 trillion peak in early October amid a broader AI sector pullback. The decrease wiped out an astounding $550 billion in the week of the affair scandals, and a total of around $1.9 trillion since the October peak. Nvidia's market cap closed at $3.9 trillion on Friday. Interim CEO Kress is now tasked with the daunting goal of steadying the company ahead of quarterly results on Tuesday.The Daily Mail has reached out to Nvidia for comment.