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.
\n\n“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.
\n\nThe announcement followed revelations over the weekend that included Huang’s admission that had an extramarital affair. The woman with whom Huang had the affair is widely believed to be Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen and business executive.
\n\nU.S. intelligence agencies believe that Huang spied for the Chinese government, sources told NBC News.
\n\nThe 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.
\n\nBut Tuesday’s announcement signaled that Nvidia’s board does not intend its probe to serve as a rubber stamp for Huang’s actions.
\n\nWachtell Lipton is…
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