Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits to infidelity in memo to employees

Nvidia's board has launched an independent investigation into whether Huang was targeted by foreign intelligence efforts Jensen Huang, the leather-jacketed face of the AI boom, has sent his employees a very different kind of company memo. The Nvidia CEO told staff he was unfaithful to his wife and said he would work to earn back their confidence. The admission came on November 8, 2026, and it arrived with a national security question attached. That second part is what turns a personal scandal into a corporate governance story. On the same day as the memo, Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation into whether Huang was the victim of foreign intelligence efforts. What Huang said, and what the board is investigating Huang’s memo acknowledged personal misconduct directly. He did not frame it as a misunderstanding or a private matter beyond comment. He has been married to Lori Huang for 41 years. The memo coincided with reporting from the Financial Times and The New York Times. Those reports suggested Huang had a romantic involvement with a Singapore-based executive at a company called Megaspeed. According to that reporting, the executive is believed to be a Chinese agent p...