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# Jensen Huang admits affair in letter to Nvidia staff as board probes suspected Chinese spy ties
- URL: https://www.workersrights.news/nvidia-board-investigates-jensen-huang-affair-chinese-intelligence/
- Published: 2026-11-09T04:33:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T04:33:46.000Z
- Description: Nvidia's board says it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised. Huang stays on as CEO.
- Author: WorkersRights.News Team
- Tags: Economy

Nvidia's board of directors said Sunday it has opened an independent investigation into founder and CEO Jensen Huang, following reports that he was the target of a Chinese intelligence effort. The same day, Huang told employees in a letter that he had been unfaithful to his wife.

"The NVIDIA Board is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort," the board said in a [statement](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/statement-from-nvidia-board-of-directors?ref=workersrights.news). A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside counsel, will oversee it. The board said it has "no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised" and that it has confidence in Huang and his leadership team.

Huang is staying in the job. A company spokesperson said he is "committed to continuing to lead NVIDIA as CEO without interruption," [NBC News reported](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/nvidia-investigation-ceo-jensen-huang-targeted-chinese-intelligence/4179766/?ref=workersrights.news).

## What Huang told employees

"I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did," Huang wrote, according to NBC News. He told staff, "you deserve better from me," and said he supports the board's investigation and will cooperate with it.

## How it got here

The New York Times reported last month that U.S. officials believe Alice Huang, a former executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that buys Nvidia's AI chips, was passing information to Beijing and had a close relationship with Jensen Huang. The two are not related. U.S. authorities have scrutinized Megaspeed over suspicions it helped China get advanced chips barred from export there, [ABC News (Australia) reported](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-09/nvidia-investigation-into-jensen-huang-chinese-spy-reports/107362376?ref=workersrights.news).

On Friday, the Financial Times reported that the U.S. government believed the two had a romantic relationship. On Sunday, the Times reported that concerns reached Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to NBC News, which said it had not confirmed either report. Nvidia declined to comment on the FT report, saying Huang meets "thousands of customer executives every year."

## What comes next

Top House Republicans have asked Huang to brief Congress this month, ABC reported. President Trump said he had not spoken with Huang about the allegations. "I think he's an honourable guy, I think he probably has an excuse for it," Trump said, according to ABC.

The board's statement sets no deadline for the investigation and does not say whether its findings will be made public.

### Sources

- [Statement from NVIDIA Board of Directors](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/statement-from-nvidia-board-of-directors?ref=workersrights.news), Nvidia, Nov. 8, 2026
- [Nvidia opens investigation after reports CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/nvidia-investigation-ceo-jensen-huang-targeted-chinese-intelligence/4179766/?ref=workersrights.news), NBC News (via NBC Washington)
- [Nvidia launches investigation into reports CEO had affair with Chinese spy](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-09/nvidia-investigation-into-jensen-huang-chinese-spy-reports/107362376?ref=workersrights.news), ABC News (Australia)