# Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair

> Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid national security concerns over alleged spy affair.
- Title: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair · NBC Bay Area
- Summary: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid national security concerns over alleged spy affair.
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- Source: NBC Bay Area — https://nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-affair-national-security-concerns/4174780
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:01:58+00:00
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## Resignation announcement
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after admitting to an affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for Beijing.

> Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after his extramarital affair raised national security concerns
## National security concerns
U.S. intelligence agencies discovered Huang developed a close relationship with Alice Huang, who fed information directly to Beijing.

> U.S. intelligence agencies discovered that Huang had developed a close relationship with Alice Huang, and determined that she was feeding information directly to Beijing
## Interim CEO appointed
Colette Kress, Nvidia's CFO since 2013, became interim CEO after Huang's resignation.

> The company named Colette Kress, the executive vice president and chief financial officer, as interim chief executive
## Alice Huang's background
Alice Huang was a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed International, suspected of being a Chinese government agent.

> Alice Huang, the woman at the center of a suspected spy scandal involving Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang, is a former tech executive who used to work for China’s state television
## Megaspeed's response
Megaspeed cooperated with U.S. authorities and hired a U.S. law firm to verify export controls on its chips.

> Megaspeed said Thursday that it has cooperated with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which handles enforcement of national security restrictions on technology exports
## Share price impact
Nvidia shares dropped 14% at the opening bell Thursday after Huang's resignation.

> Shares of Nvidia, one of the largest companies in the world, tumbled 14% at the opening bell Thursday
## Key takeaway

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after admitting to an affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for Beijing, raising national security concerns.