- Who
- Jensen Huang
- What
- agreed to testify before Congress
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Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said on Thursday, according to reports from Bloomberg and NBC News .
What happened
Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said, according to Bloomberg and NBC News. The testimony will take place behind closed doors; Mast said he expects it to be recorded and transcribed. The agreement followed a November 4 letter from Mast and two other House committee chairs requesting Huang’s appearance.
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Nvidia’s board accepted Jensen Huang’s resignation as CEO, president and board member, effective immediately, and appointed CFO Colette Kress interim CEO while it searches for a permanent successor. The company also named former Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones its first board chair. The resignation followed reports of two extramarital affairs, including one with an Nvidia executive who reported to Huang. The Decoder reported that the other involved a suspected Chinese spy and that Nvidia had lost roughly $1.4 trillion in market value since October 29; it did not establish that the decline caused Huang’s resignation. After leaving Nvidia, Huang agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said. Mast said the testimony would be behind closed doors and that he expected it to be recorded and transcribed.