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Jensen Huang has stepped down as chief executive, president, and board member of Nvidia with immediate effect.
This is an abrupt end to a 33-year run at the semiconductor giant he co-founded and triggers one of the most consequential leadership transitions in recent technology industry history.
The resignation, confirmed on Thursday, November 12, 2026, came after two separate affairs became public within days of each other.
US intelligence officials had suspected that one of the women, Alice Huang, a former director of Singapore-based chip procurement firm Megaspeed, had been recruited by China's top spy agency to gather information on him and potentially influence policy.
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Megaspeed was separately under scrutiny over allegations it helped Beijing acquire advanced AI chips that were barred from export to China. Alice Huang is not related to Jensen Huang.
The sequence of events began in late October 2026, when The New York Times published a report on Huang's relationship with Alice Huang.
Nvidia's board responded on November 8 by commissioning an independent inquiry, stating it had no…
