Nvidia’s board said it had opened an independent investigation after reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. The board said it had no reason to believe national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised, but that the inquiry would examine all available information.
The Financial Times reported that a U.S. government memo said Huang had been romantically involved with a Megaspeed executive whom U.S. intelligence believes was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security. Huang apologized to staff for being unfaithful to his wife and said he would cooperate with the inquiry; his email did not name the other person.
