Who is Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman tied to Nvidia’s CEO?

Alice Huang is a Chinese businesswoman who has become linked to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. She has built a career in Chinese finance before moving into the artificial intelligence chip market. Huang served as a senior executive at a Shanghai investment firm and later became the controlling shareholder of Megaspeed International, a Singapore-based cloud computing company.

Megaspeed has been under investigation by U.S. authorities for potentially aiding Chinese customers in obtaining restricted Nvidia chips. Huang's relationship with Nvidia's CEO has been called into question, with U.S. authorities alleging she was a Chinese intelligence asset who passed information to Beijing. However, China has denied these allegations.

Huang's whereabouts are currently unknown, making it difficult to seek her comment. Nvidia's board has launched an independent investigation into the allegations against its CEO, but stated they have no reason to believe national security information or trade secrets were compromised.