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What Nvidia CEO first told world about the woman he has admitted having an affair with

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

In short

The controversy emerged after a late October 2026 report alleged Alice Huang gathered intelligence for Beijing through her ties to Nvidia's chief. Although initial media reports were pushed back by both the CEO and the company, Jensen Huang later sent an email to employees admitting the affair and apologizing. The board has since initiated an independent review overseen by outside counsel, while Huang continues in his role as chief executive with no formal separation from his wife announced.

Key points

  • Initial claims that the encounters were routine customer engagements were reversed follow…: Initial claims that the encounters were routine customer engagements were reversed following the chief executive's formal admission.
  • The company's board has found no indication that national security or proprietary corpora…: The company's board has found no indication that national security or proprietary corporate secrets were compromised.
  • Federal interest heightened after reports suggested foreign intelligence may have targete…: Federal interest heightened after reports suggested foreign intelligence may have targeted the prominent chipmaker through the relationship.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to having an affair with Alice Huang, the Chinese tech executive who was at the centre of a reported Chinese spy plot involving the chipmaker's chief. But before the admission, the Nvidia CEO had pushed back against reports about the pair's relationship, describing their interactions as a normal part of the CEO's job. In an interview with Bloomberg in late October 2026, Jensen Huang said his interactions with Alice Huang were related to Megaspeed, Nvidia’s customer, and were “completely normal and not unusual.” In a statement to ABC News on October 31, 2026, the chip maker also responded to a New York Times report alleging that US intelligence officials had determined that Alice Huang, a top executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed International, was funneling information to Chinese officials in Beijing.

The report, published late October, claimed Alice Huang had developed a "close relationship" with Jensen Huang. She was also pictured with the Nvidia CEO in 2024.

Nvidia's initial response was to frame the interactions as routine business meetings. "Jensen's interactions with Ms.…

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