Jensen Huang apologizes after acknowledging affair

The comments followed reporting by The New York Times that US officials believed an executive at Megaspeed had been recruited by the Chinese government to spy on Nvidia. In late October, an Nvidia spokesperson told the newspaper that Jensen Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang were “not unusual or unexpected,” adding that customer meetings were part of his job and he spoke with thousands of customer executives each year.

In an interview with Bloomberg the following week, Huang said their interactions had concerned Megaspeed and were “completely normal and not unusual.” He also said Nvidia had checked that none of its chips had been illegally sent to China through the company.

The Financial Times reported Friday that US officials believed Huang had been romantically involved with Alice Huang. In his Sunday memo, he acknowledged being unfaithful. “My actions hurt her and our children,” he wrote. “There is no excuse for what I did.”

Nvidia’s board said Sunday it was investigating whether Huang had been the target of a foreign intelligence operation. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.