Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem
Summary
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted in a message to employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife, after the Financial Times reported that U.S. intelligence believed he had a relationship with a Chinese executive suspected of working for China’s Ministry of State Security. Nvidia said its board would conduct an independent investigation, and Huang said he would cooperate.Key Facts
- Huang apologized to his family and Nvidia employees and said his actions had hurt his wife and children.
- U.S. officials reportedly wrote a memo based on intelligence alleging Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at Nvidia customer Megaspeed.
- The memo reportedly said U.S. intelligence believed Alice Huang had been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security.
- Nvidia said its board would open an independent investigation into reports that Huang had been targeted by a foreign intelligence effort.
- President Donald Trump called Huang an “amazing” executive and said he considered him an honorable person.
- Huang has lobbied the Trump administration to allow Nvidia to sell AI chips to China; a deal allowed exports of older-generation H200 chips.
- Nvidia shares listed in Frankfurt fell more than 6 percent in early trading on Monday.
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