Get the free digest
Politics

Trump’s Stance on Jensen Huang Is a Tell

Nvidia's board is meeting to decide whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang, as the AI chip giant grapples with reports of two extramarital affairs involving its longtime leader.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 8 sources•2 min read•Updated November 12, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC
Key points
  • Nvidia’s board is set to decide the future of its founder Jensen Huang after revelations that he had a romantic relationship with a company executive, days after it emerged that he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
  • Jim Cramer said Wednesday night that he was saddened by a news report that indicated Nvidia's board of directors is preparing to fire Huang.
  • Huang on Sunday admitted to having an affair, two days after the FT reported his romantic links to an executive at an Nvidia client, who US officials believe is a Chinese intelligence asset.

Scrutiny intensified over the extent of the Trump administration’s knowledge of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with an alleged Chinese spy, a scandal that comes just a week before a superpower summit.

In particular, he has said he was unaware of the relationship between Jensen Huang and Alice Huang (no relation) when he traveled to China this past May.

Additional details
  • The board held urgent talks on Wednesday night after news broke of the Nvidia chief executive’s relationship with Kimberly Powell, the chipmaker’s vice-president of healthcare, according to people familiar with the matter.
  • The billionaire tech executive's future is in question after reports of a second extramarital affair.
  • Nvidia has no succession plan and a CEO in hot water, so we’ve drafted a shortlist.
  • As uncertainty swirls over the boss of the AI chip giant, some names have emerged as potential successors.
  • The relationship with an Nvidia employee deepens an already damaging scandal for the $4.2 trillion semiconductor group.

How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →

Advertisement

Every article behind this summary — 10 articles from 8 outlets

CNBCNovember 12, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC → BBC WorldNovember 12, 2026, 11:21 AM UTC → France 24November 12, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC → BBC BusinessNovember 12, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC → CNBCNovember 12, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC → TechCrunchNovember 12, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC → Ars TechnicaNovember 11, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC → The AtlanticNovember 11, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC → SemaforNovember 11, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC → The AtlanticNovember 10, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC →

Related stories