Nvidia Directors Name Joon H. Kim to Conduct Jensen Huang Inquiry

Nvidia’s independent directors named lawyer Joon H. Kim and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate founder and CEO Jensen Huang as the board reviews whether his personal relationship may have exposed company information.

The appointment came Tuesday, Nov. 10. Nvidia has said it has no reason to believe its secrets or national security were compromised.

The 11-member board includes Huang, with five of the other 10 directors having served more than a decade. Tench Coxe joined in 1993; Mark Stevens first joined that year, left in 2006 and returned in 2008.

Huang directly oversees dozens of executives, while leaders of core businesses report to him. No clear successor or obvious No. 2 has been identified.

Harvard University law professor Jesse Fried expects the investigation to last months. Fried believes directors are likely to retain Huang because of his importance to Nvidia.