By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Jensen Huang, who has stepped down as the CEO of Nvidia the AI chip giant he co-founded 33 years ago and built into a $4 trillion company on Friday looked “broken and shattered” after spending weeks denying the allegations of infidelity and fighting to remain in his job, according to a media report.

Jensen Huang’s surrender on late Wednesday was unconditional, while his usual take-charge demeanor had evaporated, as had started using phrases like “whatever” and “I don’t care” a person familiar with the situation told Bloomberg.

He was popular for his attention towards little details at the company, Huang had already taken a penitent turn, castigating himself as a “piece of s***,” according to people who spoke with him in recent days.

This marks a drastic fall for the billionaire, who was seen as the face of artificial intelligence around the world two weeks ago.

CFO Colette Kress has been named as the interim CEO after Huang’s exit.

“Jensen’s contributions to Nvidia are profound. Nvidia is one of the most consequential technology companies in the world,” Harvey Jones, chair of the company’s board of directors, wrote in an email to employees after Huang’s ouster.

In late October, it came to light that Huang had close ties with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy.

The board of directors appeared reluctant to act on the news stories, which remained focused around the exact nature of the CEO’s alleged relationship with Alice Huang, the suspected spy.

As per reports, Huang denied to friends and colleagues that he had been unfaithful to his wife.

The Bloomberg report stated that in one of his last interviews as CEO, Huang stated that his relationship with Alice Huang was typical of those with Chinese customers and executives. “It was all completely normal and not unusual,” he said.

The major turning point came on November 6, when Financial Times cited US officials saying that their relationship had been a romantic one.

Nvidia general counsel Tim Teter is believed to have met Huang at the latter’s house to confront him, and Huang confessed.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, would lead the inquiry said that most of the board didn’t want to take a public stance, Teter secretary of the board told them that they had to act. Later on, the board announced that they would investigate the allegations.

Huang emailed the entire company and admitted to the affair. Also, he apologized to his family and vowed to “cooperate fully” with the board’s investigation.

Media reported that Jensen Huang was also having an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, the company’s vice president of health care.