Former Megaspeed managing director and accused Chinese spy Alice Huang apparently wasn’t Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s only extramarital side piece. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the AI titan had a second affair with one of his subordinates, citing five sources. The Wall Street Journal reported revelations of a second affair have jolted Nvidia’s usually deferential board into preparing the executive’s immediate ouster, which may come as soon tonight.

The other party in the affair is Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, sources told The Times. Such relationships are verboten under Nvidia corporate policy (as they generally are at any company with a functional HR department). Two of the sources told The Times that Jensen Huang and Powell were videotaped “being affectionate at a San Jose, Calif., hotel during a Nvidia conference in March,” though the paper didn’t obtain the video.

“Three people briefed on the incident” told the Times that Jensen Huang’s security then cornered the person filming and attempted to convince them to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The Times contacted Jensen Huang by phone, to which he responded, “I don’t think you should be talking to me directly.” Then he hung up—though it’s anyone’s guess whether his next call was to warn his wife, Lori, or his legal team.

Nvidia stock crashed within minutes of the report and was down over 8% in after-hours trading as of early Wednesday evening. There is reportedly no succession plan in place should Jensen Huang cease to be CEO, a highly unusual choice for any large firm, let alone one that is continually in the running for world’s most valuable company.

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