Jensen Huang acknowledges affair with person close to Beijing
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde and Daily Maverick
Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, acknowledged to his employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife and said he owned his actions, as the board investigates a possible foreign intelligence operation targeting the boss, according to Daily Maverick. Nvidia, valued at $4.5 billion and at the heart of the Sino-American technology rivalry, says Huang remains in his post without interruption.
Jensen Huang, founder and chief executive of Nvidia, acknowledged to employees of the American group that he had been unfaithful to his wife and said he fully owned his actions, according to Daily Maverick. Nvidia said its boss remained committed to carrying on his duties at the head of the chipmaker without interruption, Reuters reported.
The statement comes as Nvidia's board of directors conducts an independent investigation into reports of a foreign intelligence operation targeting Huang, opened on 8 November. The board said it had no reason to believe that American national security or Nvidia's secrets had been compromised, while announcing a review of all available information.
The investigation focuses in particular on the links mentioned between Huang and Alice Huang, a former executive of Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that buys artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia. American authorities investigated Megaspeed over suspicions that the company had helped Beijing access advanced chips banned from export to China, according to Reuters.
US President Donald Trump said he had not spoken to Jensen Huang about the accusations, while describing him as a "fine person". US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to comment on the Nvidia boss, while the Chinese foreign ministry had not immediately responded to a request for comment from Reuters.
