Fresh controversy has engulfed former Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang just hours after his abrupt resignation, with international media reports revealing a third alleged extramarital affair involving another female employee at the artificial intelligence chip giant. According to an investigative report published by Reuters on Thursday, November 12, 2026—and widely reported across global technology hubs from Silicon Valley to New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune on Friday morning—the 63-year-old married co-founder maintained an intimate relationship with a second Nvidia staff member. The disclosure brings the total number of reported extramarital relationships involving Huang to three, deepening the corporate governance crisis surrounding a leader who spent 33 years building Nvidia into a multi-trillion-dollar cornerstone of the global AI economy. While Nvidia’s board formally accepted Huang’s resignation on Thursday and appointed longtime Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as Interim CEO, the emergence of yet another internal workplace relationship has intensified scrutiny over executive conduct and oversight inside one of the world’s most influential technology companies.

Third Alleged Relationship Surfaces in Reuters Report

Citing two individuals familiar with the matter, Reuters reported that Jensen Huang engaged in an intimate relationship with a second female Nvidia employee prior to his departure from the Santa Clara-headquartered company. In keeping with editorial standards protecting non-public individuals, the news agency withheld the woman’s name, specific job title, and operational division within Nvidia, noting that attempts to contact her directly for comment were unsuccessful.

When approached regarding the newly uncovered relationship, Nvidia formally declined to comment. Representatives for Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s board of directors, and other named individuals linked to the broader controversy also did not respond to requests for comment. Inside Nvidia, where thousands of engineers across North America, Taiwan, Europe, and major Indian research and development centers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune work on next-generation AI processors, the latest revelation has triggered widespread unease as employees process the sudden exit of their iconic co-founder.

Pattern of Revelations: Alice Huang and Kimberly Powell

The third relationship allegation compounds a week-long cascade of damaging disclosures that rapidly eroded Huang’s standing inside Nvidia and across Wall Street. The crisis first erupted publicly on November 7, when The New York Times reported that Huang had conducted an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman associated with Singapore-based data center operator Megaspeed whom US intelligence officials suspect of gathering sensitive information for Beijing’s intelligence services. Following that initial report, Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation into whether its chief executive had been targeted by a foreign intelligence operation, while Huang sent an internal email to Nvidia employees on Sunday, November 8, admitting to an extramarital affair without naming the woman involved.

Just three days later, on Wednesday, November 11, The New York Times published a second major revelation—citing five people who had worked at the chipmaker—identifying Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s 48-year-old Vice President of Healthcare who reported directly to Huang, as a second woman with whom the chief executive had carried on an extramarital relationship. Revelations involving direct subordinates raised acute corporate governance and workplace compliance concerns for Nvidia’s board, effectively sealing Huang’s fate even before Reuters brought the third alleged liaison with another Nvidia employee to light.

Board Turmoil, Market Reaction, and Washington Scrutiny

Faced with mounting governance risks and intense media pressure, Nvidia’s board of directors convened on Wednesday to deliberate over Huang’s future, culminating in Thursday’s official announcement that he had resigned as chief executive officer, president, and board member with immediate effect. Although the board’s formal statement avoided referencing the personal conduct or espionage allegations—instead thanking Huang for his "immeasurable contributions" to Nvidia and the semiconductor industry—the departure carried heavy personal and financial consequences. Huang forfeited approximately $108 million in unvested Nvidia stock upon stepping down, though regulatory filings show he remains the company’s largest individual shareholder with a roughly 3.6 percent equity stake.

Financial markets reacted sharply to the leadership upheaval. Nvidia shares tumbled between 4.3 percent and 5.5 percent on Thursday after steeper early losses, erasing over $180 billion in single-day market value and roughly $490 billion across the week as the chipmaker’s valuation hovered near the $4 trillion mark. Simultaneously, political and national security scrutiny in Washington has escalated. US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and House lawmakers have moved to summon Huang to testify before Congress regarding his association with Alice Huang and whether restricted American AI chip technologies were compromised.

Interim CEO Colette Kress Faces Defining Test at Nvidia

With Jensen Huang stepping away after 33 years at the helm, responsibility for stabilizing Nvidia’s global operations and restoring investor confidence now rests squarely on Colette Kress. Appointed Interim CEO while retaining her existing roles as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kress joined Nvidia in September 2013 after holding senior finance and operational leadership positions at Texas Instruments, Microsoft, and Cisco. Alongside newly appointed independent Board Chair Harvey Jones—a longtime Nvidia director and veteran technology investor—Kress will steer the chipmaker through its immediate transition while the board conducts a global search for a permanent chief executive.

Kress’s first major public test arrives on Tuesday, November 17, when Nvidia is scheduled to report its quarterly financial results. As artificial intelligence customers, cloud hyperscalers, and regulators watch closely, Nvidia’s interim leadership must prove that the company’s engineering execution, supply-chain partnerships, and corporate governance standards remain resilient beyond the era of its fallen founder.