{"id":2704092,"date":"2026-11-12T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-amid-spy-affair-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:12:12","slug":"nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-amid-spy-affair-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-amid-spy-affair-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns Amid Spy Affair Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-amid-spy-affair-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2704092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>jensen Huang resigned Thursday after reports he had extramarital affairs, including with Alice Huang &#8211; a former Megaspeed executive whom U.S.intelligence says was collecting information for Beijing &#8211; and with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia\u2019s VP of healthcare, according to several unnamed employees. Huang admitted the relationship with Alice huang. The board named CFO colette kress interim CEO.Huang,Nvidia\u2019s leader since 1993 and long seen as irreplaceable,had pushed to relax U.S. chip export limits to China. Nvidia shares dropped roughly 10%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-blog-post__content s-wysiwyg s-wysiwyg--blog\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\" id=\"elevenlabs-audionative-widget\" data-height=\"90\" data-width=\"100%\" data-frameborder=\"no\" data-scrolling=\"no\" data-publicuserid=\"cb0d9922301244fcc1aeafd0610a8e90a36a320754121ee126557a7416405662\" data-playerurl=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/index.html\" >Loading the <a href=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/text-to-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevenlabs Text to Speech<\/a> AudioNative Player&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/elevenlabs.io\/player\/audioNativeHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-11-12\/jensen-huang-face-of-the-ai-boom-ousted-by-nvidia-board-as-ceo\">resigned<\/a> Thursday following revelations that he had extramarital affairs with an alleged Chinese spy as well as an executive who reported to him. Huang admitted Sunday to having a romantic relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-11-12\/alleged-chinese-spy-at-center-of-nvidia-firestorm-is-in-beijing\">Alice Huang<\/a> (no relation), a former executive at the Singaporean data center firm Megaspeed, whom U.S. intelligence agencies determined was gathering information for Beijing. He was also found to have engaged in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/11\/11\/technology\/jensen-huang-nvidia-affair.html\">affair<\/a> with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> of healthcare, according to five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clintonworld-relinquishes-top-spots-within-black-lives-matter-amid-finances-scandal\/\" title=\"Clintonworld Relinquishes Top Spots Within Black Lives Matter Amid Finances Scandal\">firm employees<\/a> who choose to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<section class=\"c-subscribe-email\" >\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__wrap\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__head\">\n<h4 class=\"c-subscribe-email__heading\">Subscribe Today<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"c-subscribe-email__subheading\">Get daily emails in your inbox<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__form-wrap\">      <!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->      <\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"https:\/\/theamericanconservative.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8&#038;id=f7b67cac40\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<div class=\"c-subscribe-email__fields\">              <label for=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"u-screenreader-text\">Email Address:<\/label>              <input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__field\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Your Email\" \/>              <input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"c-subscribe-email__submit o-button o-button--red-500 o-button--solid\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>            <\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div id=\"mce-error-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-success-response\" class=\"response\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>              <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->            <\/p>\n<div class=\"u-screenreader-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">              <input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_442e644c01f8e54e26e4ff3f8_f7b67cac40\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/>            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <!--End mc_embed_signup-->          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huang was widely regarded as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/harrykraemer\/2026\/11\/09\/jensen-huang-is-irreplaceable-but-the-nvidia-board-must-look-past-this\/\">irreplaceable<\/a> after having served as Nvidia\u2019s CEO since 1993 with no clear succession plan. The firm\u2019s board named CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huang had previously persuaded President Donald Trump to roll back a ban on chip sales to China. Analysts regard his ouster as a setback for both the U.S. and China in the AI race.<\/p>\n<p>                         <!-- \/22404337467,3946880\/theamericanconservative-Leaderboard-Top -->                         <\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1742316429780-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 50px; max-width: 100%; '>                         <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia is the world\u2019s second-most valuable company, accounting for 8.5 percent of the S&#038;P 500. Shares of the firm dived roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/11\/12\/nvidia-nvda-jensen-huang-second-affair.html\">10 percent<\/a> following Huang\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang resigned on Thursday after reports that he had extramarital affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and with a subordinate who reported to him. Huang confirmed on Sunday that he had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang (unrelated to him), a former Megaspeed executive in Singapore, whom U.S. intelligence agencies say was gathering information for Beijing. He was also said to have had an affair with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia\u2019s vice president of healthcare, according to five anonymous company employees. The board appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO. Huang had previously persuaded President Trump to ease restrictions on chip sales to China. Analysts view his departure as a setback for both the U.S. and China in the AI race. Nvidia is the world\u2019s second-most valuable company, accounting for about 8.5% of the S&amp;P 500, and its shares fell roughly 10% after the resignation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4481,"featured_media":2704093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2244307749-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[87771,27915,6522],"class_list":["post-2704092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-jensenhuang","tag-nvidia","tag-resignation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/tac.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2244307749-scaled.jpg?auto=compress&#038;crop=faces%2Centropy&#038;fit=crop&#038;fm=jpg&#038;h=630&#038;ixlib=php-3.3.1&#038;q=80&#038;w=1200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704096,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704092\/revisions\/2704096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}