Nvidia Hires Wachtell Lipton to Investigate Jensen Huang Relationship

Nvidia has hired Wall Street law firm Wachtell Lipton to investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s acknowledged affair with a Chinese businesswoman, placing the company’s top executive under an outside legal review. The board has said it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security have been compromised.

Joon H. Kim, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, will lead the investigation. Kim also participated in an inquiry involving former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. His background combines federal prosecution with prior work on an investigation involving a state leader, and he will direct Wachtell Lipton’s review of Huang’s relationship.

Huang has committed to cooperate. The board’s earlier statement addressed two potential impacts, saying it had no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised. Wachtell Lipton’s appointment puts outside counsel in charge of the review, with Kim as its lead and Huang agreeing to cooperate.