Nvidia CEO Admits To Extramarital Affair Amid Corporate Investigation Of Potential Chinese Espionage Targeting

John Oyewale Mon, November 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM UTC

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Nvidia CEO Admits To Extramarital Affair Amid Corporate Investigation Of Potential Chinese Espionage Targeting ©(Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Nvidia's President and CEO Jensen Huang is now the subject of an independent investigation following reports that he was the target of an artificial intelligence executive identified as a Chinese spy amid the ongoing artificial intelligence arms race between the U.S. and China.

"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," Nvidia's Board of Directors said Sunday.

Huang, 63, pledged to cooperate with the investigation, which a committee of independent directors will conduct with assistance from independent counsel, the Board added.

The announcement from Nvidia's Board came before Huang admitted via email to staff to having had an affair that sparked national security concerns, CNBC reported.

"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," Huang wrote, according to the outlet.

Huang expressed apologies to his family and to Nvidia, saying that he had let his family down and fallen short of his responsibility of serving and earning the trust of the company, according to the email shared by CNBC.

Addressing the national security concerns raised in reports about the affair, Huang said he was in support of the investigation and would cooperate with it, according to CNBC.

"I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America's national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American," he reportedly wrote, addressing the national security concerns.

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The Board expressed "confidence in Jensen and his leadership" and promised to provide updates as appropriate.

Huang engaged in an affair with Alice Huang, an AI executive whose Singapore-based data center company, Megaspeed, had become one of Nvidia's biggest customers in Southeast Asia, the New York Times reported. Megaspeed bought more than $4.8 billion in chips since June 2024, according to the outlet.

A highly classified spring 2025 memo warned top Trump administration policymakers that Ms. Huang had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to learn more about U.S.-made AI chips and possibly influence Nvidia to push for the most advanced of such chips to be made in China, according to the Times. American authorities reportedly suspected that Ms. Huang had been smuggling such chips to China.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversaw the drafting of the memo, the outlet separately reported.

Both Huangs are no relation, according to the outlet.

Huang, an influential ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, had advocated selling all but the most advanced chips to China. (RELATED: Nvidia CEO Praises China's 'Excellent' Models As Free AI Boosts Hardware Sales)

Trump told reporters Sunday that he would "certainly take" Huang with him on an upcoming trip to China, according to the Times.

"I mean, we'd have to find — I haven't heard he's done anything wrong," Mr. Trump said. "He dealt with somebody, but you know, so does everybody else," Trump reportedly added.

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