Nvidia hires former acting U.S. attorney to probe Jensen Huang affair

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Nvidia’s board of directors has hired a former prosecutor to probe events surrounding CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a woman believed to be a spy for China.

Nvidia’s board of directors announced Tuesday that it has hired a prominent former prosecutor and a top Wall Street law firm to probe the events surrounding CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a woman believed to be a spy for China.

“The independent members of the NVIDIA Board have retained former acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and his firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct a thorough and independent investigation as was announced on Sunday,” the company said in a statement.

The announcement followed revelations over the weekend that included Huang’s admission of an extramarital affair. U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen and business executive, spied for Beijing, sources told NBC News.

The hiring of Kim and his law firm raises the stakes significantly for Huang, who co-founded Nvidia in 1993. Many of Nvidia’s board members have worked alongside Huang for decades and become wealthier with him.

But Tuesday’s announcement signaled that Nvidia’s board does not intend its probe to serve as a rubber stamp for Huang’s actions.

Wachtell Lipton is one of the nation’s most influential law firms, and its attorneys have track records of taking on corporate titans. As Wall Street’s top cop, Kim battled mob bosses and billion-dollar hedge funds in the U.S. Attorney’s office.

As of Tuesday, Jensen Huang remained in his post as Nvidia’s CEO, and a spokesperson for the company told NBC News over the weekend that he was focused on leading the trillion-dollar AI chip giant “without interruption.”

President Donald Trump said Monday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was also probing the events.

Trump said Huang “had absolutely no idea that the person in question was a spy,” adding, “I really believe him.”

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