Nvidia CEO's affair and espionage claims shake Silicon Valley

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is at the center of a scandal involving admitted infidelity and allegations of Chinese espionage, prompting an internal board investigation and investor unease. The affair has become a major corporate crisis for the trillion-dollar AI chipmaker. Huang publicly apologized to his wife Lori after reports linked him romantically to Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, whom US intelligence allegedly believes was recruited by Chinese spies. No evidence has surfaced that he transferred secrets, and Beijing dismissed the claims, but Nvidia's stock fell. The case echoes past Silicon Valley scandals, including Bill Gates' affair and Jeff Bezos' costly divorce. Unlike founders with special voting control, Huang lacks such protection, leaving the board legally able to act if investigations find national security or corporate secrets were compromised.