Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's romantic interest, Alice Huang, was introduced to him by her husband, Chinese businessman Kang Wei, according to reports. Kang, who had known Jensen for about a decade, reportedly accepted their relationship for two years and jokingly referred to Alice as Jensen's personal assistant. However, the exact timeline of when Kang introduced Alice to Jensen is unclear. The couple's business activities and ties to Nvidia are now under investigation by US authorities, who believe Chinese intelligence services may have recruited Alice due to her access to Jensen. The board of Nvidia is preparing to remove Jensen as CEO following allegations of another affair.
In a letter to employees, Jensen admitted being unfaithful and apologized for breaching the trust of his family and staff. Kang and Alice Huang are alleged to have used their personal connections to pursue business opportunities in China, Singapore, Taiwan, and other markets over the past decade, involving ventures in video game companies, pharmaceutical takeovers, and cloud computing.
Authorities in the US and Singapore are examining Megaspeed, a Singapore-based cloud services provider, over allegations that it transshipped billions of dollars' worth of export-restricted Nvidia AI chips to China, potentially bypassing US restrictions. Taiwanese authorities have revoked Alice Huang's entry permit and barred her from returning to the island, where she met Jensen several times. Official investigations into Megaspeed are ongoing, but Singapore's government has not examined Alice Huang's links to China.
Kang was detained in Shanghai earlier this year in connection with inquiries into alleged stock market manipulation involving listed companies. He was later released and shared a photograph of himself with friends at Stanford University. Kang, now in his early 50s, established Shanghai Hexi in 2010, which became central to the couple's business partnership. They began jointly running the company in 2016 and invested in several technology businesses, including video game companies, providing opportunities for Kang to meet Jensen in the 2010s when Nvidia primarily made chips for video games. A person who worked at one of Kang's portfolio companies claimed he helped arrange a meeting between the two men in Asia.