Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with a woman U.S. officials suspect is a Chinese spy. The board launched an independent investigation, and President Trump said Huang should remain CEO.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with a woman U.S. officials suspect is a Chinese spy, and the company’s board has opened an independent investigation into the matter.
Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and has served as president and CEO since its inception in 1993, admitted to employees that he cheated on his wife, Lori, whom he married in 1985. The couple has two children.
"I was unfaithful to my wife," he told his employees, according to a report. "My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry."
Nvidia’s board announced it launched a probe into whether Huang was a "target of a foreign intelligence effort." The board said it still has "confidence in Jensen and his leadership team."
"The Board prioritizes US national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders," the company stressed.
"While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board’s inquiry will examine all available information," it added of the probe, which will be conducted by independent counsel and directors.
"Jensen fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it."
President Donald Trump called Jensen Huang a "fine person" and said he should stay on as the chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. after the executive admitted having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
The woman, identified in reporting as Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company. Megaspeed is being investigated over accusations that it helped smuggle advanced Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) into China to circumvent US export restrictions on cutting-edge technology.
Huang, 63, is the founder of tech giant Nvidia and has served as its president and CEO since the company’s inception in 1993. Born to Taiwanese immigrants in Taipei in 1963, Huang spent his childhood in his parents’ homeland before moving to the US to study in Kentucky.
The investigation centers on whether Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort and whether any sensitive information was compromised. Nvidia’s board said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, but the inquiry will examine all available information. Huang remains CEO pending the investigation’s outcome.
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