{"id":16677,"date":"2026-11-13T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/us-lawmakers-summon-nvidia-ex-ceo-after-affair-with-suspected-spy\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:00:54","slug":"us-lawmakers-summon-nvidia-ex-ceo-after-affair-with-suspected-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/us-lawmakers-summon-nvidia-ex-ceo-after-affair-with-suspected-spy\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers summon Nvidia ex-CEO after affair with suspected spy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US lawmakers have called Jensen Huang, an architect of the artificial intelligence boom, to face their questions in December after the Nvidia ex-CEO quit over extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy.<\/p>\n

The scandal has wiped almost half a trillion dollars off Nvidia\u2019s market valuation, as it\u00a0raises national security fears and leaves the AI industry in uncharted waters.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent reports raise serious concerns about our national security and the protection of sensitive US technology,\u201d Republican Senator Tim Scott wrote Thursday on X.<\/p>\n

Scott said he was requesting Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify in December before the Senate Banking Committee, which he chairs.<\/p>\n

It joins a call for a closed-door interview with the leather-jacketed, 63-year-old Huang on December 1 by three House of Representatives committees, on threat of subpoena.<\/p>\n

Huang, who has been married to his wife Lori for over 40 years, admitted Sunday to an affair, reportedly with Alice Huang, a former senior executive at Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed. The two are not related.<\/p>\n

US intelligence reportedly circulated a memo this spring alleging she was an asset of China\u2019s Ministry of State Security. Beijing has rejected the allegations.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported a second affair, citing video of Huang being affectionate with Nvidia\u2019s vice president of health care, Kimberly Powell.<\/p>\n

While Nvidia\u2019s board searches for a permanent successor to Huang, who spent 33 years at the helm of the firm he co-founded, chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO.<\/p>\n

Nvidia hit gold when the launch of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT in 2022 sparked a global rush to develop AI, with its processors \u2014 once designed for video game graphics \u2014 becoming a crucial ingredient to train and run the technology.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Informal Trump adviser \u2013<\/h2>\n

Nvidia did not give a reason for the departure of Huang, who also gave up his board seat.<\/p>\n

Huang is Nvidia\u2019s largest individual shareholder, with a stake of about 3.6 percent, according to the company.<\/p>\n

The Taiwanese-born businessman was a close informal adviser to President Donald Trump on AI, and had spent years lobbying against curbs on sales of advanced AI chips to China for national security reasons.<\/p>\n

Dan Ives of investment bank Yorkville Ives called it \u201ca dark day for Nvidia and the US tech industry\u201d.<\/p>\n

But he said the board had done what it needed: \u201crip off the band-aid and take Nvidia into its next chapter without him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The board named Harvey Jones, a former chief executive of chip design software firm Synopsys, as chair, and said it expected the company\u2019s operations and product roadmap \u201cto continue without interruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interim CEO Kress joined Nvidia in 2013 after nearly 25 years at companies including Cisco and Microsoft.<\/p>\n

Trump, who had stood by Huang throughout the scandal, said former Apple boss Tim Cook should take over.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Legend replaces a Legend!\u201d Trump said on his Truth Social network, adding that Cook had made Apple \u201cone of the great companies of the world at a fairly short range\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Going through hell\u2019 \u2013<\/h2>\n

Singapore said Thursday it had barred Alice Huang, a Chinese national, from re-entering the country in February for giving investigators inaccurate information about her role at Megaspeed, though she was not investigated for espionage.<\/p>\n

Nvidia\u2019s board opened a probe on Sunday into reporting that Huang had been the target of a \u201cforeign intelligence effort,\u201d while saying it retained confidence in him.<\/p>\n

When asked Thursday if Jensen should have stepped down, Trump said it would depend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the woman was a spy, yes. If the woman was not a spy, perhaps it would be different,\u201d Trump said in an interview.<\/p>\n

But Trump said he was confident that Huang will \u201cend up on his feet,\u201d adding: \u201cI spoke to him yesterday. He\u2019s going through hell. What he feels most badly about is his wife and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the heart of the spy allegations is the race between the United States and China for supremacy in an industry widely seen as the next industrial revolution.<\/p>\n

Key US lawmakers, including Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, called Thursday for answers on what the Trump administration knew about Huang\u2019s ties to a suspected Chinese spy, days before Trump travels to China for a summit.<\/p>\n

Reports allege the Commerce Department under Secretary Howard Lutnick may have failed to act on suspicions that Megaspeed was helping reroute restricted Nvidia technology to China.<\/p>\n

Singapore\u2019s home ministry said it had repeatedly sought information from the US Justice Department and FBI on a US server supplier during its Megaspeed probe, but \u201creceived limited information or assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Malaysia also said Friday it was investigating a subsidiary of Megaspeed International over the possible diversion of advanced AI chips to other countries.<\/p>\n

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