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Nvidia Board Hires Former Top Federal Prosecutor to Probe CEO's Ties to Alleged Chinese Spy
The world's most valuable chipmaker is investigating whether Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence, as Congress demands answers.
By KEVIN NAKAMURAStaff Correspondent · CALIFORNIA · Nov 10, 2:30 PM · 1 min. read
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Nvidia's board has brought in a heavy hitter to investigate its own chief executive.
The company tapped Joon H. Kim, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and a former acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, to lead its probe of Jensen Huang's ties to a suspected Chinese spy. The board announced Sunday it would investigate whether Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation.
The woman at the center of the case is Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, with whom Jensen Huang acknowledged an extramarital affair. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence determined she is a Chinese asset. She has not been charged with a crime.
House China Committee Chairman John Moolenaar urged Nvidia to conduct a thorough investigation. The Post also cited a report that her ties helped fuel $7.5 billion in restricted chip sales to China.
The Deep Dive will keep pressing on the question that matters most: did America's most important AI technology leak to Beijing?
Sources
- New York Post: Nvidia taps lawyer who investigated Andrew Cuomo to probe Jensen Huang's Chinese 'spy' scandal as board faces scrutiny (link)
- Breitbart: Details Emerge About Nvidia Boss Jensen Huang's Relationship with Alleged Chinese Spy (link)
- Axios: What we know about the mystery woman at the center of Nvidia's spy scandal (link)
- The New York Times: Who Is Alice Huang, the Woman in the Middle of Nvidia's Spy Scandal? (link)
- The Washington Times: Moolenaar presses Nvidia to probe CEO's ties to alleged Chinese spy (link)
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