Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned today amid a scandal involving an affair with a suspected Chinese spy and an executive that reported to him. Now, it’s been reported that Huang allegedly had an affair with a second employee.
Huang allegedly had an intimate relationship with a second employee, according to two sources inside Nvidia and reported by Reuters. However, Reuters hasn’t named the second employee, and attempts to reach her were not successful.
This third revelation comes just hours after Huang resigned from Nvidia, following an internal investigation that kicked off on Sunday. Huang himself came out and admitted to one of the affairs in a letter sent to Nvidia staff and obtained by The BBC. Then, following a meeting where Nvidia’s board weighed ousting Huang, the former CEO resigned.
In the meantime, Nvidia’s board has named CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO while the company searches for a new leader. Nvidia is considering both internal and external applicants, but there has been talk that Apple Senior Vice President of Hardware Technlogy Johny Srouji is being considered for the role, according to MacRumors.
As for Huang itself, it’s not clear where he’s going to end up, or what he’s going to do going forward. Last night, Elon Musk posted on X that it “would be an honor” to hire Huang… but it’s doubtful that he’d end up at any of Musk’s companies.
Either way, Huang has been leading Nvidia since 1993, and has seen the company grow from being a niche gaming hardware company to the backbone of the entire AI industry. His resignation is going to send shockwaves throughout the entire tech biz. One of the biggest casualties might end up being PC gaming altogether. After all, Nvidia makes up for a massive 73% of Steam’s install base, according to the latest Steam Hardware survey, but the company still dropped gaming from its earnings reports earlier this year. And, now with Jensen’s departure, it’s unlikely that PC hardware is going to get the same level of support.
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Jackie Thomas is the Senior Tech Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. She’s been covering gaming hardware for more than a decade for IGN, TechRadar, Gizmodo, PC Gamer and more. You can follow her @Jackiecobra
