NVIDIA's independent directors have hired a former prosecutor to investigate the incident involving Jensen Huang

On Sunday, the NVIDIA board announced an investigation and issued a statement on November 10 at 11 AM Eastern Time, confirming the hiring of former Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and his law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct a comprehensive and independent investigation into matters related to CEO Jensen Huang. The board also stated that there is currently no reason to believe that the company's confidential information has been compromised, and Jensen Huang has expressed support for the investigation and committed to cooperating.

Public information shows that Joon H. Kim served as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2017 to 2018, overseeing more than 220 assistant U.S. attorneys, with cases covering economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, sanctions violations, and cybercrime. In March 2021, he was appointed by New York Attorney General Letitia James to independently investigate the sexual harassment allegations against then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, and shortly after the investigation report was released, Cuomo resigned in August 2021. In December 2023, he was again appointed by the special review committee of the Board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to independently investigate allegations of harassment and discrimination within the agency.