Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after affair with suspected Chinese spy

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after an affair with an alleged Chinese spy raised national security concerns, with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO. Shares plunged 10 percent in premarket trading. Huang faced growing calls to resign after reports linked him to Alice Huang, a former Megaspeed executive suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset, and a second affair with an Nvidia employee. Megaspeed pledged to cooperate with a U.S. national security investigation. The FBI is investigating, and Megaspeed's assets soared to nearly $3 billion US in 2024. Nvidia said it had no reason to believe secrets were compromised, while China denied attempting to ensnare Huang.


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