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Update What changed

The Wall Street Journal’s archived report goes further than the earlier account that Nvidia’s board was weighing Jensen Huang’s future: it says the board is preparing to oust its chief executive and founder. The report attributes that account to people familiar with the matter.

The board was preparing to meet as soon as 11 November to determine Huang’s future, the Journal said. That is a reported plan, not confirmation that the board met or decided to remove him.

The Journal’s report was published on 11 November and archived at 22:31 UTC. It links the reported board action to scrutiny following Huang’s two extramarital affairs, including one with a woman described as a suspected Chinese spy. The spy allegation remains unproven; the new development is the reported possibility of a leadership decision, not a finding about the allegation.

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• Exclusive | Nvidia is Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang - WSJ: The Wall Street Journal reports that Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust Jensen Huang and may meet as soon as 11 November to determine his future; this is a reported plan, not a confirmed board decision.

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The Verge reports that the second alleged affair cited in coverage of Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang involved an executive who reports to him. That detail adds a workplace relationship to the leadership story, rather than merely repeating that the board is considering Huang’s future.

The Verge links its report to The New York Times’ account of the allegation. CNBC also reports that the Times described a relationship between Huang and another company executive, naming Kimberly Powell. These are reported allegations, not established findings.

The distinction matters: a claimed relationship with a direct report raises different questions about leadership and governance from the separate allegation involving a woman described as a suspected Chinese spy. Neither allegation, by itself, establishes misconduct or explains what Nvidia’s board will decide.

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• Nvidia is reportedly preparing to fire Jensen Huang: The Verge reports that the second alleged relationship involving Jensen Huang was with an executive who reports to him, adding a specific workplace detail absent from the live parent and its existing reply.

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Semafor reports that Nvidia shares fell more than 8 per cent in after-hours trading, reaching a 52-week low. That gives a concrete market reaction to the boardroom turmoil, though it does not establish what investors believe will happen next.

The report says Nvidia’s board has announced a probe led by Wachtell Lipton into whether Jensen Huang may have disclosed company secrets or endangered US national security. Those are questions the probe is examining, not findings of misconduct.

Semafor also notes Nvidia’s role in financing the AI build-out, alongside supplying advanced chips to major cloud providers. That makes the board’s reported deliberations consequential beyond one executive’s job: Huang’s leadership is entangled with a much wider infrastructure push.

Sources and evidence

• Nvidia board preparing to oust CEO Huang: WSJ | Semafor: Semafor reports that Nvidia shares fell more than 8 per cent in after-hours trading to a 52-week low, and that the board announced a Wachtell Lipton-led probe into whether Huang may have disclosed corporate secrets or endangered US national security.

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