Alice Huang, Chinese executive, suspected of spying on Nvidia boss
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard and L’essentiel
Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese executive linked to Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based data centre company, suspected by US authorities of spying on Nvidia boss Jensen Huang. According to Vanguard, she was recruited by Beijing to gather intelligence on the executive, with whom she is alleged to have had a relationship. Jensen Huang admitted infidelity and Nvidia announced an independent investigation.
Alice Huang previously worked at HSBC and as a journalist for CCTV and Hunan TV, according to a profile published in a Chinese fund database consulted by AFP. The agency was unable to verify the profile's information or identify its author. She is described as well connected at the highest levels of the global artificial intelligence chip industry and is not related to Jensen Huang.
Jensen Huang admitted on Sunday that he had been unfaithful to his wife and apologised to his family and Nvidia employees, according to an internal memo reported by the Financial Times. US authorities had reportedly previously warned the executive that his alleged partner could be spying for China, while an intelligence memo referred to their relationship.
Nvidia's board of directors is to conduct an independent investigation with the help of external investigators, following reports of a possible intelligence operation targeting Jensen Huang. Alice Huang was then an executive at Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based Nvidia client that leases computing power for the training and running of artificial intelligence systems.
