A timeline of the affair scandal that sank Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
The Guardian lays out a timeline of the affair scandal that ended Jensen Huang's run as Nvidia CEO: he admitted on 8 November 2026 to an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive whom US officials alleged was a Chinese spy, wiping more than $600bn from Nvidia's valuation, and stepped down on 12 November after 33 years, with CFO Colette Kress serving as interim CEO. US officials had reportedly investigated whether Megaspeed diverted Nvidia chips to Chinese firms; Trump said the FBI was investigating Huang but that he believed Huang's claim he had no idea she was a spy, and a retail shareholder is suing Nvidia and Huang over nondisclosure.
