Nvidia CEO quits after his affair with Chinese ‘spy’ was uncovered and second alleged affair emerges

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By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 3:33 pm

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been faraway from the legendary chipmaker he based following revelations that he had affairs with a suspected Chinese “spy” in addition to an organization government.

The Silicon Valley agency introduced Thursday, November 12, that Huang, 63, was resigning as chief government, president and a member of the board, efficient instantly.

It adopted studies that the board held emergency conferences late Wednesday, November 11, following information of a second extramarital affair.

Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief monetary officer and government vice chairman, will function interim CEO whereas the board conducts a seek for a everlasting successor.

Kress has been with the corporate for 13 years and also will proceed to serve in her present roles in the course of the search, which can contemplate each inner and exterior candidates.

Harvey Jones, a enterprise capitalist and former CEO of Synopsys, will function the first-ever chairman of the board.

Huang co-founded the chipmaking large 33 years in the past.

On Sunday, November 8, Huang admitted he was untrue to his spouse of over 40 years and school sweetheart, Lori Huang.

“There is no excuse for what I did,” Huang wrote in an e-mail to staffers on the time.

He additionally vowed to his colleagues, companions and shareholders that he would “work to earn back your confidence.”

Huang’s place on the high of Nvidia had been precarious for the reason that bombshell report on Oct. 29, which claimed he had developed a “close relationship” with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang.

US intelligence concluded that Alice Huang dined with the Nvidia CEO, however was secretly funnelling info to Beijing, in accordance with sources briefed on categorized intelligence findings.