Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair as his $4.5 trillion chip giant investigates whether he became the target of a foreign intelligence operation. The scandal combines corporate power, national security and a suspected Chinese spy in one remarkably combustible package.

A secret US report warned months ago that Alice Huang, who is not related to Jensen Huang, had been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security, according to the New York Times. The memo was overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Times reported.

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Alice Huang is an executive at Megaspeed, a company based in Singapore that purchased billions in cutting edge artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia. The Times reported that the US memo concerning her was based on electronic surveillance.

The length of the affair remains unclear, though Jensen Huang and Alice Huang were photographed together at a Taipei bar in 2024. Jensen Huang later acknowledged the relationship in a message to employees while admitting that he had betrayed his family.

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“I was unfaithful to my wife,” he told employees, according to a report. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”

Jensen married Lori Mills in 1985 after the two met at Oregon University. They have two children, Spencer and Madison.

Nvidia’s board announced Sunday that it had begun an inquiry into whether Jensen Huang was a “target of a foreign intelligence effort.” The company also made clear that it continues to back the executive despite the rather spectacular personal and national security mess surrounding him.

“The Board prioritizes US national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders,” the company said. It added that independent counsel and directors would conduct the investigation.

“While the Board has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised, the Board’s inquiry will examine all available information,” Nvidia said. The company also said Jensen fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating.

The investigation arrives as Megaspeed faces scrutiny over accusations that it helped smuggle advanced Nvidia graphics processing units into China. The alleged activity was intended to circumvent US export restrictions on cutting edge technology.

The Biden administration had restricted sales of advanced Nvidia chips to China amid the artificial intelligence race. Jensen Huang later pressed the Trump administration to relax those constraints and argued against tight regulations governing Nvidia chip exports to China.

Despite the Trump administration’s knowledge of the apparent honeypot operation, Jensen Huang remained influential in President Donald Trump’s orbit and was able to sway administration policy on artificial intelligence. His access now sits alongside questions about whether foreign intelligence operatives targeted him.

Trump defended Jensen Huang on Sunday, describing him as an “honorable guy” and a “fine person.” The president told reporters, “He’s done an amazing job for our country.”

“I haven’t heard that he’s done anything wrong,” Trump added. “He dealt with somebody but, you know, so does everybody else.”

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Jensen Huang, 63, founded Nvidia and has served as its president and CEO since the company began in 1993. Born to Taiwanese immigrants in Taipei in 1963, he spent his childhood in his parents’ homeland before moving to the United States to study in Kentucky.

After receiving a master’s degree from Stanford University at age 30, Jensen launched Nvidia from a Denny’s restaurant in San Jose, California. He has often promoted the value of working hard seven days a week to achieve personal ambitions.

Time Magazine named Jensen Huang among its “Architects of AI” in its 2025 Person of Year coverage. Trump appointed him to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in 2026.

The alleged operation echoes another case involving a prominent American and a suspected Chinese spy. Disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, had a fling with Christine Fang, who was also known as “Fang Fang.”

The Post contacted the White House and Nvidia for comment. For Nvidia, the board’s inquiry now puts an intensely personal admission under a national security microscope, with independent counsel and directors tasked with examining the available information.

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