Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid affair with suspected Chinese spy

Jensen Huang resigned as CEO, president, and board member of Nvidia on Thursday following reports of an affair with a Chinese businesswoman suspected by US authorities of spying for Beijing, plunging the $4 trillion company into uncertainty. The board met Wednesday to consider his ouster after reports also emerged of an extramarital affair with a senior company executive. Huang's exit threatens to disrupt the AI ecosystem he helped finance and could impact US chip export policy given his push to preserve Chinese market access and ties with President Trump. The Chinese government denied the woman, Alice Huang, was a spy, calling allegations "unsubstantiated." She reportedly joined Megaspeed International in 2023, which grew from $33 million to $3 billion in assets, raising suspicions of routing chips to China. She has reportedly returned to Beijing.