Republican US Senator Kevin Cramer has called for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to step down, citing concerns over the potential risks posed by his alleged links to a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for Beijing.
Days later, Huang acknowledged having an affair in an email to Nvidia employees. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.
The controversy surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang began on November 7, when the Financial Times reported that the US government believed he had been involved with a woman allegedly recruited by China’s main intelligence agency to spy for Beijing. Kim previously served as the top deputy to former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and later took over as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor before leaving office in 2018, according to a Bloomberg report.
“The potential for extortion is so tremendous that something as sensitive as Nvidia chips, I just think he’s got to go,” Cramer told the publication. “I was unfaithful to my wife,” Jensen Huang wrote. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s independent board members on Tuesday appointed former acting US Attorney Joon H Kim and his law firm, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to lead an investigation into Huang’s relationship with the suspected Chinese spy.
