"Kang Wei Has Known Jensen Huang for 10 Years"
"Chased Business Opportunities Across Sectors... Appeared to Tolerate the Affair Despite Knowing About It"

A report said that Kang Wei, Alice Huang's husband, introduced her to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as his affair partner. Alice Huang, whose Chinese name is Huang Le (黃樂), has also faced suspicions that she is a Chinese spy.


A claim has emerged that Alice Huang (right), with whom Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair, had a longtime lover and business partner, Chinese financier Kang Wei (left). Zhongqi Chuangzhi's official website.

A claim has emerged that Alice Huang (right), with whom Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair, had a longtime lover and business partner, Chinese financier Kang Wei (left). Zhongqi Chuangzhi's official website.

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On Nov. 11 (local time), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing people who know the couple, reported that Chinese businessman Kang Wei had known CEO Huang for 10 years.


Over the past 10 years, Kang and his wife pursued lucrative business opportunities, successively venturing into video game companies, pharmaceutical company acquisitions, and cloud computing. Each time they shifted business areas, they reportedly linked affiliated companies in a web of complex share transactions and made use of anyone in their networks who could be of help.


Their most recent focus was the "hot" business of Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Hexi Capital, an investment firm Kang founded in Shanghai in 2010, invested in a range of technology companies, including video game companies. This gave Kang opportunities in the 2010s to interact with CEO Huang, whose main focus at the time was developing graphics chips for gaming. An individual who worked at one of the companies Kang invested in and helped bring the two together said they met in Asia.


It has not been confirmed when Alice Huang and Kang Wei met. Corporate registration records suggest that Alice Huang has co-operated Hexi Capital since 2016.


Kang is reportedly in his early 50s, while Alice Huang is in her late 40s. Some media outlets previously reported that Alice Huang was 42, but her exact age has not been confirmed.



According to people familiar with the matter, Kang seemed to tolerate his wife's relationship with CEO Huang and openly talked about how close the two were. He reportedly once jokingly referred to his wife as CEO Huang's "personal assistant."


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