Nvidia's board has appointed Joon H Kim, a former top New York federal prosecutor now at Wachtell Lipton, to lead an internal investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's admitted affair with an alleged Chinese spy. The probe, announced Sunday, will examine the circumstances that left one of tech's most powerful figures potentially vulnerable to Chinese intelligence. A committee of independent directors will oversee the investigation, assisted by outside counsel.
Kim served as the top prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, a district renowned for handling major white-collar cases, for 10 months after President Donald Trump dismissed then-US attorney Preet Bharara in 2017. This developing story highlights the intersection of corporate governance and national security concerns at the highest levels of the semiconductor industry.
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