Fallout from Nvidia scandal spreads as Huang resigns
What happened
Jensen Huang quit as Nvidia's chief executive and left its board on Thursday, days after the company opened an internal investigation into his affairs.
Chief financial officer Colette Kress will run the company on an interim basis while the board searches for a permanent successor, internal or external.
The board had announced its inquiry on November 8, after reports that Huang had an affair with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese intelligence asset.
A source told Wired the alleged relationship with a subordinate and Huang's dealings with Megaspeed, a Singapore AI firm, likely weighed more heavily in the board's decision than the espionage allegations.
Nvidia also named Harvey Jones, a former Synopsys chief executive, as its first-ever board chair; the Chinese government denies that Alice Huang was a spy.
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