Key facts
- Nvidia's board said it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security were compromised.
- Jensen Huang did not name the person with whom he had the affair in his letter to employees.
- Alice Huang has worked as an executive at Nvidia customer Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that rents computing capacity.
- Huang owned roughly 3.77% of Nvidia's outstanding shares as of March 2025, per a proxy statement.
- Huang's total compensation for fiscal year 2025 was $49.8 million, up 46% from $34.2 million.
- An Nvidia spokesperson declined to comment.
Nvidia's board has launched an independent investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a "foreign intelligence effort," the company's board said, after Huang told employees on November 8 that he had been unfaithful to his wife of more than 40 years and apologized to his family. He did not name the person with whom he had the affair.
The board said it still has confidence in Huang's leadership and that it has no reason to believe company secrets or national security have been compromised. An Nvidia spokesperson declined to comment.
The questions center on Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, who has worked as an executive at Nvidia customer Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company that rents out computing capacity. She was photographed with the Nvidia CEO on various occasions, including at dinner events in Taipei. In October 2026, The New York Times reported that US officials believed Alice Huang had been recruited to gather information about Nvidia for the Chinese government. Jensen Huang initially described their interactions as normal business dealings involving Megaspeed.
Huang cofounded Nvidia in 1993 and has served as its president, CEO and a board member since. As of March 2025 he owned roughly 3.77% of the company's outstanding shares, according to a proxy statement, making him its largest individual shareholder. His total compensation for fiscal year 2025 was $49.8 million, including a $1.5 million base salary, $38.8 million in stock awards, $6 million in cash bonuses and $3.6 million in other expenses. That was up 46% from $34.2 million the prior fiscal year.
Huang followed a prearranged trading plan in 2024 to sell 6 million shares by the end of the first quarter of 2025, offloading roughly $700 million in Nvidia stock. Forbes puts his net worth at about $158.7 billion.