Key facts
- Nvidia's board said it had no reason to believe national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised.
- The board said its inquiry would examine all available information.
- Huang has been Nvidia CEO for 33 years and is its largest individual shareholder with a 3.56% stake.
- Nvidia has no chief operating officer and Huang has about 60 direct reports, Fortune reported.
- Nvidia shares fell more than 4% on Monday, November 9, 2026, after Huang's admission.
Nvidia's board said it opened an investigation into reports that CEO Jensen Huang had been targeted by a foreign intelligence effort, after Huang acknowledged on Sunday, November 8, 2026, being unfaithful to his wife. The board said it had "no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised," but that its inquiry would examine "all available information."
The admission followed reporting about Huang's relationship with a woman whom U.S. authorities concluded was a Chinese intelligence asset, according to The New York Times, as cited by Fortune. Fortune reported that Huang has been CEO for 33 years, that Nvidia has no chief operating officer and that Huang has about 60 direct reports, creating uncertainty about who is next in line to lead. Huang is Nvidia's largest individual shareholder with a 3.56% stake, Fortune reported.
Nvidia shares fell more than 4% on Monday, November 9, 2026, after Huang's admission, Fortune reported. The company has been estimated to control about 90% of the market for high-powered GPU computer chips used in AI data centers, according to Fortune.