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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is plotting his return to the AI chipmaking company with his allies, a new report has revealed.
It’s only been a few days since Huang stepped down from the $4 trillion tech firm he founded after he fessed up to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy — and now some say he wants back in.
Huang has had discussions with confidantes about possibly returning as Nvidia’s chief executive, multiple people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.
One ally said they were convening a “war room” of tech executives to get Huang back at the helm and would try to get support from the White House.
President Donald Trump acted shocked when news broke of Huang’s romantic ties to Alice Huang, a Chinese executive who U.S. intelligence believed was feeding information to Beijing.
“ I view him as a very high quality person. I've known him a long time,” Trump told reporters earlier this week.
The president insisted he had no idea about the U.S.
