Jensen Huang’s affair: A timeline of events
Detailed summary
Recent reports revealed that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with Alice Huang, who was a director of Megaspeed.
On Oct 30, The New York Times reported that Jensen Huang, who was the chief executive officer of Nvidia at the time, was involved in an affair with Alice Huang.
She was an executive of Singapore-based company Megaspeed whom US authorities were investigating because of suspicions that the firm helped Beijing gain access to advanced AI chips that are barred from export to China. She was also allegedly recruited by Beijing’s top spy agency to collect intelligence on Jensen Huang.
They were first seen together in 2024 at an industry party in Taipei. According to reports, they were introduced to each other by Alice Huang’s husband, Kang Wei, who has known Jensen Huang for the past decade.
They were seen together again at a dinner hosted by Jensen Huang in Taiwan during an industry conference.
The report also suggested that Alice Huang was a Chinese citizen recruited by Beijing to collect intelligence on the Nvidia co-founder.
In an e-mail that Jensen Huang sent to his employees, he wrote: “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.” He did not name Alice Huang as the other party.
According to five employees in Nvidia, Jensen Huang was also involved in an extramarital affair with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice-president of healthcare. They were allegedly captured on video being affectionate during an Nvidia conference in March.
Following allegations of the second affair, Jensen Huang resigns from Nvidia.
Nvidia is one of the most valuable chipmakers in the world, currently valued at around US$4 trillion (S$5.15 trillion). In Singapore, Nvidia’s chips are used for AI training by companies such as telco Singtel, government agency HTX, and data centre operator Equinix.
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