Who is Kimberly Powell? Nvidia exec reportedly involved in Jensen Huang’s another affair

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing fresh controversy following reports of another alleged extramarital relationship. According to a report by The New York Times, Huang was reportedly involved with a senior Nvidia executive who directly reports to him. The latest allegation comes after reports about his relationship with Alice Huang, who has been suspected of having links to Chinese intelligence. The newly reported relationship is said to involve Kimberly Powell, a 48-year-old Nvidia vice president who leads the company's healthcare business. Powell is among around 60 executives who report directly to Huang, according to the report.

Who is Kimberly Powell?

Kimberly Powell is the vice president of healthcare at Nvidia. According to the company's official website, she joined the chipmaker in 2008 and currently leads its global healthcare business. Her role involves developing AI-powered hardware and software platforms for the healthcare industry. She also oversees computing and visualisation technologies used in medical imaging, life sciences, drug discovery and healthcare analytics.

Before taking charge of Nvidia's healthcare division, Powell held several leadership positions within the company. She led its higher education and research business, strategic evangelism programmes, Nvidia AI Labs and the Nvidia Inception programme.

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According to her LinkedIn profile, Powell began her career at Nvidia by working to establish the company's graphics processing units (GPUs) as accelerator platforms for medical imaging equipment. In 2016, she became senior director of AI business development. A year later, she was promoted to vice president of healthcare.

Before joining Nvidia, Powell worked as a hardware engineer at DOME Imaging Systems from 1999 to 2003. She later spent more than five years working at Planar Systems.

According to The New York Times, Huang and Powell were reportedly seen being affectionate at a nearby hotel during a conference. A bystander allegedly recorded their interaction on camera. However, Huang's security team reportedly intervened and made the individual sign a nondisclosure agreement.

These allegations come after reports about Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company involved in data centre development and the purchase of advanced computing equipment. Alice Huang was reportedly recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to collect information about Jensen Huang and influence Nvidia's business interests in China.