Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Resigns After Alleged Affair With Suspected Chinese Spy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday amid multiple scandals, including an alleged affair with a woman classified by US authorities as a Chinese spy whose company reportedly smuggled sanctioned chips to China. The case is now affecting the White House. Bloomberg reported Friday that Megaspeed, a company founded by the alleged spy, illegally imported Nvidia high-performance chips into mainland China. The semiconductors, originally sold to Singapore-based partner Aperia Cloud Services, were reportedly used in a data center. Huang also allegedly had relationships with two other employees. The scandal has prompted a Senate committee to summon Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for a December hearing over export control concerns. Nvidia's CFO Colette Kress has taken over temporarily, while the company has launched an investigation into whether Huang was targeted by foreign espionage.