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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid espionage claims
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after federal and board investigations into alleged extramarital affairs with a Chinese spy.
In brief
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after federal and board investigations into alleged extramarital affairs with a Chinese spy. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned following investigations by federal authorities and his board into allegations of multiple extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy…
Jensen Huang resignation
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned from the tech company he co-founded in 1993 amid investigations by federal authorities and his board into allegations of multiple extramarital affairs.
Huang's relationship with Alice Huang
Huang and Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang have known each other since at least 2024, with their first photo emerging at Computex Taipei in June 2024.
Trump's first meeting with Huang
President Donald Trump met Jensen Huang for the first time at the White House on January 31, 2025.
Video evidence of relationship
Huang and Alice Huang were captured on video leaving a restaurant together in Taipei in May 2025.
Trump briefed on espionage
Trump was briefed by U.S. intelligence on Huang's alleged affair with a Chinese spy in fall 2025 but took no action.
Trump's policy change
Trump announced a policy change allowing Nvidia to sell H200 AI chips to China in exchange for a 25% cut on sales on December 8, 2025.
Huang appointed to council
Trump appointed Huang to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on March 25, 2026.
State dinner with Trump
Huang attended a state dinner with Trump during Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S. on September 24, 2026.
Huang's resignation memo
Huang released a memo acknowledging his unfaithfulness to his wife and taking full responsibility for the hurt he caused.
“I was unfaithful to my wife. I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it.”
Board investigation
Nvidia's board launched an independent investigation into allegations that Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort.
“Nvidia's board of directors announces it is launching an independent investigation into allegations that Huang "has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort." The board says that while it "has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board's inquiry will examine all available information"”
Chinese government response
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson denied the spy claim, calling it "completely groundless and pure slander".
“The claim regarding a so-called Chinese spy is completely groundless and pure slander.”
The headline
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned following investigations by federal authorities and his board into allegations of multiple extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy.
