Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid alleged Chinese spy affair as board names CFO Colette Kress interim CEO
The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline
Nvidia confirmed in an SEC filing that its board accepted Jensen Huang's resignation on Wednesday, with CFO Colette Kress taking over as interim CEO while keeping her CFO duties. The move follows Huang's public admission of infidelity and reports that US officials believe Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, with whom he had a close relationship, is a Chinese spy; three Republican committee chairs had sought a closed-door briefing, and the New York Times reported a second affair with Nvidia VP Kimberly Powell, which Nvidia, Huang and Powell have not confirmed.
A reverse-chronological timeline shows how a personal scandal involving Jensen Huang escalated into a board succession, a congressional inquiry and a national security probe of Nvidia chip flows.
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