Nvidia Co‑founder Jensen Huang Resigns Amid Affair and Spy Allegations

Jensen Huang stepped down as chief executive of Nvidia on November 15, 2026 after reports of an affair with a Chinese businesswoman and a second relationship with Nvidia's head of healthcare surfaced. The New York Times later confirmed the second relationship involved Kimberly Powell, who reports directly to Huang and heads the company's healthcare division. The allegations tied the Chinese partner, identified as Alice Huang, to an alleged spy scandal, prompting intense scrutiny of the co‑founder. Huang, who built Nvidia's AI‑chip hardware and expanded the firm across every layer of the AI stack, had forged deep ties with Silicon Valley leaders. In his book The Nvidia Way, author Tae Kim notes that Huang might have been a teacher in another life and that he still solves problems by diagramming on a whiteboard. The resignation ends the tenure of the man who turned Nvidia into a cornerstone of the AI revolution. Nvidia shareholders and employees now face uncertainty about the company's direction. The episode arrives as the tech sector watches for any security fallout from the scandal. ## Context Nvidia supplies the GPUs that power most artificial‑intelligence workloads worldwide, so a sudden leadership change can shake market confidence and affect the pace of AI development.