Nvidia opens investigation into CEO Huang and his relationship with "a Chinese spy"

Nvidia's board of directors has opened an investigation into Jensen Huang, the company's CEO and co-founder, after he told the board that he had cheated on his wife and had an intimate relationship with a company executive identified by US intelligence as a Chinese spy. Huang's connection to the woman, named Alice Huang, has come under scrutiny from the US government and the discovery has raised concerns, given that Huang is an ally of President Trump.

Republican lawmakers asked Huang to report to Congress

Some Republican Party members in the US House of Representatives have asked Huang to report to Congress by the end of the month on a New York Times article from October alleging that he had a close relationship with a Chinese businesswoman who allegedly passed on information to Beijing. Nvidia reported that while the board has no reason to believe that U.S. national security or Nvidia's corporate secrets have been compromised, the internal investigation will examine all available information. Huang fully supports this verification and is committed to collaborating, the US semiconductor giant clarified. Today the Axios portal reported - citing the draft of an email sent by Huang to employees - that the CEO admitted to having had a romantic relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, taking full responsibility for his actions. "I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did," reads the draft email seen by Reuters.