Nvidia board reportedly under an independent investigation following allegations that a woman linked romantically to CEO Jensen Huang passed information to China’s government. Still, directors said they had no grounds to conclude that company secrets or national security had been compromised.
The investigation would be supervised by independent board members working with external legal advisers. Their remit, as described in a statement attributed to the board on Sunday, covers all information available concerning the allegations.
The account traces the concerns to a New York Times report published last month. That report allegedly described a U.S. intelligence assessment that Alice Huang, a Chinese national who previously held a leadership position at Nvidia customer Megaspeed, might have supplied information to China’s ruling party as an intelligence asset.
The supplied text also attributes to the newspaper reporting on her documented relationship with Jensen Huang. Separately, it says the Nvidia chief acknowledged an extramarital relationship in an email sent to employees on Sunday. The board’s planned review would examine the allegations without presuming that sensitive information had been exposed.
“To my colleagues at Nvidia, including those I have worked alongside for decades, and to our board, partners, and shareholders around the world: you deserve better from me. Leading Nvidia is the privilege of my life. My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility. I am fully committed to Nvidia and will work to earn back your confidence,” Huang wrote in a note.
