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Nvidia Board Probes CEO Jensen Huang’s Relationship With Accused Spy

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Nvidia Board Probes CEO Jensen Huang’s Relationship With Accused Spy

Nvidia’s board is investigating reports that CEO Jensen Huang is the target of a Chinese spy, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Nov. 9).

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The probe comes after Huang admitted to a romantic relationship with an executive suspected of being a Chinese intelligence agent, the report said. U.S. officials concluded last year that Alice Huang, then an executive at Megaspeed International, was sharing information with the Chinese government while working with Nvidia to build data centers in Asia.

Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is not related to the Nvidia CEO, who apologized for the affair Sunday (Nov. 8), according to the report.

“I owe my family and all of you an apology,” Huang wrote, according to a Sunday press release from Nvidia. “…There is no excuse for what I did.”

Nvidia’s board said in a statement Sunday that it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, but would “examine all available information.”

The board said in the statement that Jensen Huang has committed to cooperating with the review, and that it “has confidence” the CEO and his team will provide updates as needed.

“Today’s news will not slow Nvidia,” an Nvidia spokesman said, per the WSJ report. “Jensen is committed to continuing to lead Nvidia as CEO without interruption.”

The company has said Jensen Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang were “not unusual or unexpected” considering their business ties, according to the report.


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