Nvidia board investigates CEO Jensen Huang's affair with alleged Chinese spy
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Nvidia's board is leading an internal investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to an extramarital affair with a Chinese businesswoman, whom U.S. intelligence agencies believe is a Chinese spy, CNBC reports.
The board is working with outside counsel and is led by independent director Stephen Neal, a Cooley LLP lawyer. Nvidia says the board has "no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised." China has dismissed the espionage claims.
Huang has withdrawn from the ElevenLabs Summit in New York and other speaking engagements, including the Anthropic CEO Forum, ElevenLabs confirmed. Nvidia is an investor in ElevenLabs.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 9, 4:02 PM ET
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- Nov 9, 3:41 PM ET · 1 articleNvidia board leads investigation into Jensen HuangCNBC · Technology: Nvidia board leads internal probe into CEO Jensen Huang's affair
- Nov 9, 3:09 PM ET · 1 articleJensen Huang withdraws from ElevenLabs SummitTechCrunch · AI: Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy
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- CNBC · TechnologyNewsNvidia board leads internal probe into CEO Jensen Huang's affair
AINvidia's board is leading an internal investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to an affair with a Chinese businesswoman whom U.S. intelligence agencies believe is a Chinese spy. The board is working with outside counsel and is led by independent director Stephen Neal, a Cooley LLP lawyer. The board says it has "no reason to believe that either national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised," while China has dismissed the espionage claims.
- TechCrunch · AINewsJensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy
AINvidia CEO Jensen Huang has withdrawn from the ElevenLabs Summit in New York this Wednesday, ElevenLabs confirmed Monday, and he has also dropped other speaking engagements, including the Anthropic CEO Forum. Nvidia is an investor in ElevenLabs. The withdrawals follow Huang's admission of an extramarital affair over the weekend and an Nvidia investigation into his relationship with a possible Chinese spy.
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