Nvidia CEO Huang apologizes for affair as board opens probe

Jensen Huang publicly acknowledged on November 8, 2026, that he had been unfaithful to his wife and apologized, in a message posted on Nvidia's official website.

In the same message, Huang apologized to his family, employees, board, partners and shareholders, and said he would remain committed to leading Nvidia.

Nvidia's board announced the same day that it had launched an independent investigation into reports that Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence agency. The board said a committee of outside directors would run the probe with support from external legal experts, and that Huang would fully cooperate.

The board said it had found no evidence so far that U.S. national security or Nvidia trade secrets had been compromised, and expressed continued confidence in Huang and management. Nvidia public policy communications lead John Rizzo told Axios that the matter would not slow the company's business and that Huang would continue as CEO without interruption.

On November 6, 2026, the Financial Times reported that Huang was in a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore data center company Megaspeed. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence authorities had investigated allegations that Alice Huang has ties to Chinese intelligence. Those allegations, and whether any Nvidia secrets leaked, have not been officially confirmed.

Nvidia had previously described Huang's meetings with Alice Huang as ordinary business contact with a customer company's executives and said no sensitive trade secrets or U.S. national security-related information were provided.