Nvidia VP Powell in alleged affair with CEO Huang

Nvidia VP in alleged affair with CEO

Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of healthcare, had an extramarital relationship with CEO Jensen Huang, according to a New York Times report citing five company sources.

The pair captured on video at conference

The Times reported that Powell and Huang were captured on video being affectionate at an Nvidia conference hotel in San Jose in March. Powell is forty-eight and married.

Powell rose through Nvidia's ranks since 2008

Powell joined Nvidia as a director in two thousand eight and steadily advanced. She was promoted to senior director in two thousand sixteen and became vice president of healthcare in two thousand seventeen.

Powell steered Nvidia's healthcare strategy

Powell was originally responsible for promoting Nvidia's AI chips for medical imaging. Her corporate profile now says she oversees both hardware and software for healthcare, including medical imaging, life sciences, and drug discovery.

“I pretty much live and breathe healthcare. So I'm talking about it all the time.”

Huang admits to infidelity, faces investigation

Huang, sixty-three, founded Nvidia in nineteen ninety-three and has worked with Powell for over eighteen years. He admitted to being unfaithful to his wife in a note to staff on Sunday.

Powell cancels conference appearance

CNN reporter Meg Tirrell posted on X that she had been planning to moderate a conference panel featuring Powell on Thursday morning, but Powell had cancelled. Neither Powell nor Nvidia responded to requests for comment.