The New York Times reported an unconfirmed relationship allegation involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Kimberly Powell, the company’s vice president of healthcare, who the newspaper says reports to him.
In its Nov. 11 report, the Times said Powell reports to Huang and described the relationship as an allegation. On Nov. 8, Huang told NVIDIA employees, “I was unfaithful to my wife.” He also said the board had begun an independent investigation into national-security concerns raised in news reports. His message did not name a partner or mention Powell.
NVIDIA’s biography describes Powell as responsible for its healthcare business worldwide. Her remit connects the company’s computing platforms with applications in medical imaging, life sciences, drug discovery and healthcare analytics, NVIDIA says. Powell joined the company in 2008 with an assignment to establish its graphics processors as an accelerator platform for medical imaging instruments. Before her current role, she led work in higher education and research, strategic evangelism programs, NVIDIA AI Labs and NVIDIA Inception, according to the company.
The Times account is separate from an earlier Wall Street Journal report alleging two extramarital relationships involving Huang: one with an NVIDIA employee and another with a woman suspected of links to Chinese intelligence. The Times separately reported an alleged relationship involving Powell, but the reports do not establish that she was the employee mentioned by the Journal. EconoTimes previously covered the Wall Street Journal report.
