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Nvidia board investigation into CEO foreign intelligence reports
Nvidia’s board opened an independent investigation on November 8, 2026 after reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort.
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Nvidia's board opens an independent investigation into reports that its CEO was targeted
The independent directors hired former acting US Attorney Joon H. Kim and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, while three House committee chairs asked Huang to brief them on November 18.
Nvidia's board weighs Jensen Huang's future after a second relationship report
Shares fell about 8% after hours on Wednesday as the Wall Street Journal reported directors were preparing to remove the founder and the New York Times reported a relationship with a senior executive.
Nvidia's late slide drags Nasdaq futures lower and divides Asia's chip stocks
Nasdaq-100 futures were down 0.97% at 12:28 a.m. ET on Thursday, CNBC reported, after Nvidia lost more than 8% in after-hours trading. Taiwan's benchmark fell while Chinese chip designers rose nearly 10%.