Jensen Huang Previously Told Nvidia Executives, "Alice Huang Was a Standard Customer"

Called it an "appropriate relationship" in fall 2025 and October 2026

It has emerged that Jensen Huang, former CEO of Nvidia, had given executives false explanations about his relationship with his mistress, Alice Huang.

Nvidia former CEO Jensen Huang and his mistress Alice Huang (right), who is accused of being a Chinese spy, dine at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, in May last year. Photo by Reuters-Yonhap News

Reuters reported on November 13 that the information came to light through accounts from two sources familiar with the matter and internal Nvidia communications. According to Reuters, when media inquiries came in in fall 2025 and October 2026 about the relationship between Huang, Alice Huang, and Singapore-based Megaspeed, where Alice Huang was a senior executive, Huang told Nvidia's senior executives that the relationship was appropriate.

Reuters said one of its reporters was allowed to review documents sent and received in October on the condition that their wording not be quoted verbatim. In two messages sent to senior executives that month, Huang described the relationship as standard business communications with a customer. Reuters said he also characterized the relationship with Megaspeed as routine. Among the senior executives to whom Huang gave these explanations were General Counsel Tim Teter and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Allison Wagonfeld.

The sources said that after a report by The New York Times (NYT) in October 2025 drew attention to his relationship with Alice Huang, Huang discussed taking legal action against the NYT. However, neither Huang nor Nvidia took legal action against the newspaper.

It is unclear when Huang and Alice Huang began their affair, but Reuters said photographs it authenticated showed the two together in the United States, China, and elsewhere as early as December 2023.

Meanwhile, Taiwan's Liberty Times reported on November 15 that Alice Huang was suspected of being a member of a unit within China's Ministry of State Security dedicated to semiconductors. The outlet said that, according to information gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies, Alice Huang reported directly to Minister of State Security Chen Yixin. On November 14, Nvidia announced that Jensen Huang would step down as CEO and completely withdraw from the company's management. He decided to leave in disgrace after reports emerged that he had had an affair with Kimberly Powell, a vice president in Nvidia's healthcare division, following his relationship with Alice Huang. Huang admitted to the affair and publicly apologized to his family. Nvidia's board is conducting its own investigation into allegations that Alice Huang was a Chinese spy. Nvidia appointed its CFO, Colette Kress, as interim CEO.

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