KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Jensen Huang has privately berated himself over the personal scandal surrounding his departure from Nvidia, with Bloomberg reporting his concerns now centre on his wife and the other women publicly linked to him.

Citing people who had spoken with him in recent days, the news agency reported that the chipmaker’s co-founder had described himself as a “piece of sh--.”

According to Bloomberg, Huang had also expressed concern about “ruining the lives” of the women romantically linked to him in public, as scrutiny of his relationships intensified.

His private remarks followed a November 8 message to employees, published by Nvidia, in which he admitted being unfaithful and apologised for hurting his wife and children.