India, Nov. 11 -- Nvidia Corp.'s independent board members on Tuesday announced that former acting US Attorney Joon H Kim and his firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz will be leading a probe into Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang's relationship with a suspected Chinese spy.

The board members made the announcement in a short statement, days after the firm announced an internal probe into reports of Huang having been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.

According to a Bloomberg report, Joon H Kim has served as the top deputy to former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara in the past and took over as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor before quitting office in 2018.

He is an ex-federal attorney of the Southern District of New Yor...