Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang steps down amid alleged spy scandal

Huang co-founded the chipmaker Nvidia, which has become one of the driving forces behind the AI boom. But reports that he may have had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy quickly sank his career.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5825x3948+0+0/resize/5825x3948!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd1%2Fee%2Fa861c4e14e7f928afbca81b28421%2Fgettyimages-2301328074.jpg' alt='Jensen Huang gives a keynote address at the Nvidia Berlin GPU Technology Conference on Oct. 21, 2026.'/><p>Huang co-founded the chipmaker Nvidia, which has become one of the driving forces behind the AI boom. But reports that he may have had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy quickly sank his career.</p><p>(Image credit: Sean Gallup)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6037833' />