The cheating confession that shook the world

Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia, the US-based global company of the artificial intelligence chip industry, shook the technology world by confessing that he had cheated on his wife with Alice Huang, who is suspected of being a Chinese spy and whose surname coincidentally is the same as his own. This confession by the boss of the $4.5 trillion technology empire not only created an institutional crisis, but also shook the delicate geopolitical balances between Washington and Beijing.

Secretary Rubio knew

The fact that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been aware of this security breach for months, but still turned a blind eye to the billionaire CEO's presence in US President Donald Trump's inner circle, brought the scale of the scandal to the international arena.

According to secret intelligence notes obtained by the New York Times newspaper, it was proven by surveillance images that Alice Huang transferred information to Beijing on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. It is stated that the woman, a senior manager at Singapore-based Megaspeed International company, is accused of illegally smuggling Nvidia's most advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. Despite the report that Rubio prepared and warned senior officials, Trump's private invitation to Jensen Huang to travel to China fueled discussions within the administration that security vulnerabilities were being ignored.

company investigation

63-year-old Huang, who admitted that he betrayed his wife Lori in a note he sent to his staff, announced that he would cooperate with the independent investigation initiated by the Nvidia management organization. Although Trump defended Huang as a "good person" and tried to gloss over the scandal, Nvidia shares fell in global markets. China denied the allegations and blamed the USA.

Spy ring?

Although it has been announced that there is no concrete evidence yet that company secrets or national security have been endangered, the fact that the leader of the USA's most critical chip manufacturer is at the center of such espionage allegations shows that the shake of trust in the technology world will not subside.

'I betrayed my wife'

In the letter containing his confession of infidelity to his staff, Jensen Huang wrote: "I betrayed my wife. What I did hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. To my wife and family: I love you. I know that an apology cannot undo what I did. I hope our family can heal and in time I can regain your trust. The responsibility is mine."

USA was following her lover

Nvidia's boss' girlfriend, Alice Huang (also known as Huang Le), was a senior executive at Singapore-based data center provider Megaspeed International. Although he shares the same surname with Jensen Huang, they are not related by blood. He was followed by US intelligence on suspicion of working on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security and illegally transferring Nvidia's advanced artificial intelligence chips to the Chinese market.

The 'family man' image has been destroyed

Jensen Huang met his American wife, Lori Mills, while studying electrical engineering at Oregon State University in the 1980s. The couple, who got married in 1985, has maintained a solid marriage for 41 years since the founding of Nvidia. The couple, who had two children, made large donations to universities and engineering programs through the multibillion-dollar foundation they established; This scandal shook the image Huang had carefully built as the exemplary “family man”.

Jensen Huang's brilliant career

Born in Taiwan in 1963, Jensen Huang spent part of his childhood in Taiwan and Thailand and then immigrated to the USA with his family. Huang, who studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and Stanford University, founded Nvidia with two partners in Silicon Valley in 1993. Known as a visionary leader who transformed his company into the world's most valuable semiconductor and artificial intelligence chip giant, Huang is considered one of the architects of artificial intelligence.