Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly called himself “a piece of sh**” as he left the company he built over 33 years.
- US intelligence officials said Alice Huang may be a spy for the Chinese government, as noted by 1News.
- A petition to reinstate the former CEO has gathered over 108,000 signatures from shareholders and employees, Yahoo Finance UK reported, and has also received support from prominent tech leaders such as billionaire Elon Musk and Replit CEO Amjad Masad, according to other reporting.
Taiwan’s Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang stated this week that national security officials are actively investigating Megaspeed and Alice Huang, according to 1News.
Beijing’s Foreign Ministry rejected the espionage accusations, calling them unsubstantiated smears.
Thanks to @maureendowd for the shout-out to my Atlantic essay in her new column on the downfall of Jensen Huang: As Julian Gewirtz wrote in The Atlantic, “American strategy has come to depend, to an extraordinary degree, on powerful private-sector actors whose incentives the…”
| Entity / Individual | Key Role or Affiliation | Reported Regulatory Status |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Huang (Huang Le) | Former Director, Megaspeed International | Scrutinized by US officials over alleged chip routing to China (1News) |
| Jensen Huang | Former CEO, Nvidia | Resigned amid board investigation into personal conduct and relationships (Tom’s Hardware) |
| Megaspeed International | Singapore-based Nvidia cloud partner | Under active investigation by Taiwan and Singapore authorities (1News) |
Corporate records show Alice Huang became a director at Singapore-based Megaspeed in 2023, 1News reported.
Before her tenure at Megaspeed, Alice Huang held positions at Shanghai Hexi Investment Co., HSBC’s Hong Kong private banking arm, and CITIC Securities, according to 1News. HSBC and CITIC did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding her employment history.
Elon Musk says a petition to reinstate Jensen Huang as $NVDA CEO is underway and that he plans to sign it. That comes as Nvidia employees are already pushing for Jensen’s return. pic.twitter.com/nOur0HR0sD
“We have not been shown evidence substantiating the espionage allegation,” said the organizers of the “Stand with Jensen” campaign in an open letter to the board reported by Yahoo Finance UK.
“Don’t worry about it,”
Donald Trump said.
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Some $NVDA employees are calling for Jensen Huang to return with an internal post drawing over 1,600 comments, including calls to give him a “second chance.” Turns out making your employees millionaires earns you quite a bit of loyalty. pic.twitter.com/A8LwRqDsaq
