{
  "id": 19145864,
  "title": "Nvidia Board Can Remove Jensen Huang As CEO Without Criminal Conviction Amid Chinese Spy Controversy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/nvidia-board-can-remove-jensen-huang-as-ceo-without-criminal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T11:12:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/nvidia-board-can-remove-jensen-huang-as-ceo-without-criminal-finding-amidst-chinese-spy-controversy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia's board has the power to strip Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang of his executive duties through a majority vote of the company's directors, regardless of whether he is found guilty of a criminal offense. This authority is outlined in Nvidia's amended and restated bylaws, which were updated on March 12, 2024. However, removing Huang from the board entirely would necessitate approval from a majority shareholder vote, representing at least 66.67% of the company's outstanding voting power.\n\nThe board initiated an independent investigation on November 8, after claims surfaced that Huang was targeted by a Chinese intelligence operative through a personal relationship. The investigation centers on allegations that Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, a major Nvidia customer, was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to conduct espionage on Nvidia's CEO. US-based companies have previously removed CEOs due to personal relationships that breached internal policies, such as McDonald's firing of Steve Easterbrook in 2019 for a consensual relationship with an employee.\n\nHuang has admitted to an affair in an email to Nvidia employees, expressing his hope to regain their trust. China has dismissed the allegations of spying as \"baseless,\" and Megaspeed, the Singapore-based AI data center company linked to the controversy, has also denied any wrongdoing regarding the shipment of Nvidia chips to China.",
  "summary": "Nvidia's board has the authority to remove founder and Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang from his executive role through a majority vote of directors in office without a criminal finding or conviction, although removing him as a board director would require shareholder approval under separate procedures, according to a report. The report from NDTV Profit said Nvidia's amended and restated…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}