Bill Ackman defends Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as board probe unfolds

The billionaire investor called Huang an incredible human after Nvidia's board opened an independent investigation tied to alleged Chinese espionage Bill Ackman has picked a side in the most uncomfortable corporate story of the season. The billionaire investor publicly defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on X on November 9, 2026, arguing that even great people make mistakes. The timing matters. One day earlier, Nvidia’s board reportedly launched an independent investigation involving Huang, prompted by US intelligence reports about alleged Chinese spying linked to a former executive at a data center firm. What Ackman said and why it landed Ackman described Huang as an “incredible human” and urged the community to rally behind him during the probe. The investigation, as reported According to the research findings, Nvidia’s board opened its independent investigation on November 8, 2026. The trigger was US intelligence reporting that Alice Huang, a former executive at data center company Megaspeed, had allegedly acted as a spy for China. She was allegedly recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to gather information on Jensen Huang. The reports also allege she sought to divert ad...