Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns over affair with alleged Chinese spy

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after his extramarital affair raised national security concerns, with Colette Kress named interim CEO. Shares plunged 10% in premarket trading. Huang faced growing calls to resign following reports of an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, a former Megaspeed executive. The board also named Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever chairman. Nvidia said it had no reason to believe secrets were compromised. The New York Times reported Huang also had an affair with an Nvidia employee. Megaspeed denied illicit chip exports and said it cooperates with US authorities. China denied attempting to ensnare Huang, who had lobbied to loosen chip sales restrictions.


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