Nvidia Investigates Its Own CEO Jensen Huang Over Affair With Potential Chinese Spy

Nvidia's board of directors has launched a formal investigation into chief executive Jensen Huang after reports that he had become the target of a foreign intelligence operation linked to China. Huang has admitted to the board that he was unfaithful to his wife with a business executive who, according to US intelligence, was passing information to Beijing.

The woman at the centre of the report is Alice Huang, a senior executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data centre operator that has grown into one of Nvidia's largest customers in Southeast Asia. US intelligence agencies reportedly found that Huang had developed close ties with her, and that she was directly sharing information with Chinese authorities.

In a letter to Nvidia staff, Huang accepted full responsibility for his conduct, apologised to his family and colleagues, and pledged his commitment to protecting both the company and US national security. The board stated it has no reason to believe that national security or Nvidia's proprietary information was compromised, though it confirmed a thorough review would be carried out.

Nvidia is one of the world's most valuable companies and a central player in artificial intelligence development, with its chips already subject to US export restrictions aimed at preventing China from accessing advanced semiconductor technology. The board has stopped short of any immediate action against Huang, but the investigation raises questions about oversight at the top of one of Silicon Valley's most strategically important firms.