Jensen Huang steps down as Nvidia CEO, agrees to testify before Congress

Huang steps down as Nvidia CEO

Jensen Huang stepped down as CEO of Nvidia following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, according to TechCrunch.

Huang agrees to testify before Congress

Huang has agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, which falls later this month, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said on Thursday, according to reports from Bloomberg and NBC News.

Huang agreed to testify Wednesday after several senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him.

House Republicans Brian Mast, John Moolenaar, and Rick Crawford sent Huang a letter on November 4 requesting that he appear before their committees. Moolenaar chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Mast chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Crawford chairs the House Intelligence Committee.

"Jensen and I have been very at odds as some of you already know on export controls, but Nvidia is a very important company to the United States of America," Mast said to reporters. "I don’t want to see anything hurt in Nvidia, but he has some very serious questions to answer."

The testimony will take place behind closed doors, though Mast said he expects the briefing to be recorded on video and transcribed.

Context

A file photo caption in an AP article published by the Toronto Star shows President Donald Trump presenting the National Medal of Science to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during an event at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington.

Sources

• thestar.com: Trump is taking Elon Musk on his Asia trip, but he plans to avoid talking about Nvidia scandal
• techcrunch.com: Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress | TechCrunch

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