Jensen Huang Carried a Secret for More Than a Year. It Led to His Downfall.
Questions about Megaspeed relationship
In September 2025, The New York Times contacted Nvidia about Megaspeed, a Singaporean data center company previously led by Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le. The newspaper was reporting that she had a close relationship with Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
People familiar with the discussion said Huang asked what the report was suggesting. He did not deny knowing Alice Huang, but objected to the implication that they were close. Nvidia representatives said their connection was only professional.
Company pushes back firmly
Nvidia mounted a forceful response to the inquiries. Madison Huang, Jensen Huang’s daughter and chief of staff, urged the communications team to challenge the reporting, with help from crisis communications firm Heller.
For the next 13 months, Huang continued to describe the connection as business-related. That position held even after The Times reported that U.S. intelligence showed Alice Huang was secretly working with China’s leading spy agency.
Huang acknowledges an affair
Last weekend, amid new revelations about the relationship, Jensen Huang told Nvidia’s general counsel that he and Alice Huang had been having an affair, according to people familiar with the discussions. The acknowledgment contradicted his earlier account of their connection.
The Megaspeed relationship was not the only private matter raised in the report. On Wednesday, a Times reporter asked Huang about another extramarital relationship, this one involving an executive who reported to him.
Key points
- Jensen Huang told Nvidia’s general counsel he had an affair with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang.
- He had described their connection as business-related for more than a year.
- The Times reported U.S. intelligence claims that Alice Huang worked secretly with China’s top spy agency.