Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang misled some of the chipmaker’s senior executives, including its general counsel Tim Teter, about his relationship with Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, with whom he had an affair, according to internal correspondence reviewed by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter.
In exchanges with company leaders in October, Jensen Huang described his interactions with Alice Huang as routine business dealings with a customer, rather than disclosing the personal nature of their relationship, Reuters reported on Friday. The news agency said it was the first to report on the internal correspondence, which it reviewed on condition that the messages not be quoted verbatim.
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Nvidia’s chief marketing officer Alison Wagonfeld was also among the senior executives who received messages from Huang about his dealings with the Chinese businesswoman. Both Teter and Wagonfeld were approached for comment. Teter did not respond, while Wagonfeld did not immediately reply. Representatives for Huang and Nvidia declined to comment.
The revelations add to the controversy surrounding Huang, who resigned as Nvidia CEO on Thursday following disclosures about multiple extramarital relationships, including one with Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Megaspeed International, a company that was an Nvidia customer.
In a statement on Sunday, Huang apologised for being unfaithful to his wife and disappointing the company. He did not specifically name Alice Huang.
The two share the same surname but are not related.
HUANG HAD EARLIER DESCRIBED INTERACTIONS AS ROUTINE BUSINESS
According to the people familiar with the matter, Huang had also described his interactions with Alice Huang and Megaspeed as appropriate business engagements when questions about their relationship reached Nvidia’s leadership in autumn 2025.
Reuters said it reviewed correspondence from October 2026 but did not independently examine the messages exchanged in 2025.
In separate communications in October, Huang told senior executives, including Teter and Wagonfeld, that his interactions with Alice Huang were part of normal business dealings with customers. He also discussed the possibility of taking legal action against The New York Times after the newspaper published a report in October 2025 drawing attention to his public meetings with Alice Huang.
Neither Huang nor Nvidia ultimately filed a lawsuit against the newspaper. A New York Times spokesperson said the publication had received no legal demand.
It remains unclear when the relationship between the two became intimate. Photographs posted online and verified by Reuters show them together in the United States, China and elsewhere, dating back to December 2023.
US INVESTIGATION INTO CHINESE BUSINESSWOMAN
Alice Huang’s relationship with Jensen Huang has come under scrutiny amid suspicions by US authorities that she may have been involved in spying for China. She previously held a senior position at Megaspeed International, an Nvidia customer.
On November 10, Nvidia’s independent board members said they had hired Wall Street law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct an independent investigation following reports by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal about Jensen Huang’s relationships and the allegations surrounding Alice Huang.
China has denied that Alice Huang is a spy. Reuters said it had not independently verified whether she was working on behalf of the Chinese government.
In an interview with Bloomberg published on October 29, Jensen Huang said the US government had not informed him about its suspicions concerning Alice Huang.
The New York Times had earlier reported that Huang also had an extramarital relationship with an Nvidia employee. Reuters subsequently reported another intimate relationship involving a different Nvidia employee.
Huang’s departure marks a dramatic fall for a technology executive who helped turn Nvidia into one of the world’s most influential chipmakers during the artificial intelligence boom.
The controversy has also coincided with a sharp decline in the company’s market value. Nvidia shares have fallen more than 30 per cent from their October 6 closing high, wiping out over $1.8 trillion in market capitalisation.
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Inputs from Reuters
SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
