Nvidia chief Jensen Huang to join board of Beijing’s Tsinghua University, FT reports

May 27 (Reuters) – Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to ​join the advisory ‌board of a Beijing university which counts Apple’s Tim Cook as ‌chair, ​the Financial ⁠Times reported ⁠on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Huang, who joined U.S. ​President Donald Trump on his ⁠recent visit ⁠to China, has ​accepted an invitation from ​Tsinghua University School of ‌Economics and Management to join its advisory board, the report ⁠said.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Nvidia ⁠and ‌the university did ⁠not immediately respond ​to ‌Reuters’ requests for ​comment.

(Reporting ⁠by Fabiola Arámburo in Mexico City; additional reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal; Editing by Muralikumar ​Anantharaman)