House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast confirmed that the Nvidia founder agreed after senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him. The development comes as Nvidia announced Huang’s immediate resignation as president, chief executive and board member following reports of an affair with a woman suspected of spying for China. Shortly after Nvidia announced Huang’s resignation, US President Donald Trump suggested that Apple executive chair Tim Cook should take over as the company’s permanent CEO, an NBC News report claimed.
“Jensen and I have been very at odds as some of you already know on export controls, but Nvidia is a very important company to the United States of America,” Mast told reporters at the US Capitol, a Bloomberg report claims. Huang is expected to testify under oath before the Thanksgiving holiday later this month, according to the report. The session appears likely to take place behind closed doors, although Mast said he expected it to be recorded on video and transcribed. Nvidia’s announcement said he had resigned as president, CEO and a member of its board, effective immediately While reports described Huang as being ousted.
“I don’t want to see anything hurt in Nvidia, but he has some very serious questions to answer. Mast’s comments also referred to his disagreements with Huang over export controls, the rules governing sales of sensitive technology to other countries.
Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before the US Congress.