On Tuesday, Nvidia retained independent investigator Joon H. Kim and law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that former CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort involving an extramarital affair with a woman suspected by U.S. intelligence of being a Chinese spy. Huang resigned as CEO on Thursday morning following a New York Times report that he also had an affair with an Nvidia executive, Kimberly Powell, who reports to him.
Kim, a former federal prosecutor and deputy U.S. attorney, led the 2021 investigation of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for sexual harassment. Wachtell, Lipton conducted this year's investigation for the NBA into the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer over salary cap violations.