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The 63-year-old co-founder of the American chip giant is leaving office after the revelation of an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for Beijing.

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  • Jensen Huang, co-founder and boss of Nvidia, resigned after the revelation of an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese business leader suspected of spying for Beijing.
  • The affair worries the very top of the American state and takes a political turn.

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Jensen Huang is the co-founder and boss of Nvidia, the world's largest market capitalization. An extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese business leader suspected of spying for Beijing, led to his resignation.

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Jensen Huang, boss of the world's largest stock market capitalization, admitted to having had a relationship with a woman suspected of working for Beijing. The affair, which worries the very top of the American state, is now taking a political turn across the Atlantic.

The 63-year-old businessman, co-founder of the American group, was in the hot seat since the revelation of an extramarital affair with a Chinese business leader, Alice Huang, suspected of being a spy for Beijing.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • An official American investigation will be opened into the links between Alice Huang and Beijing.

    Likely · Within weeks

  • Nvidia will announce a new CEO in the coming weeks.

    Very likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • Does Alice Huang really work for Chinese intelligence services?
  • What evidence links this relationship to a transfer of sensitive information?
  • Who will succeed Jensen Huang as head of Nvidia?

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