How Shanghai fund manager Kang Wei introduced his wife Alice Huang to Jensen and built $7.5 billion Nvidia AI GPU smuggling operation
While Alice Huang lives on the headlines, it was actually her husband who put her in the same room as Jensen Huang.
In the wake of Jensen Huang's fall from grace, the Wall Street Journal investigated the figure who had introduced the former Nvidia CEO's wife, Alice Huang, to Huang. That individual was Kang Wei, a prominent fund manager in Shanghai. The source indicates that Kang Wei and Huang had a relationship prior to Huang's marriage to Kang, though the exact timeline is unclear.
Kang Wei, a strategist for Shenyin Wanguo and the founder of Shanghai Hexi in 2010, played a crucial role in introducing Huang to Jensen. Huang, originally a vice president at CITIC Securities, eventually became the sole owner of Osmanthus Vale Holdings, which acquired Hangzhou Shengfeng, a video game company purchased by Shanghai Hexi.
Alice Huang's activities between 2019 and 2021 are sparse, but her role expanded as Shanghai Hexi invested in data center-focused companies. By 2023, Alice Huang was seen in public with Jensen Huang, sparking curiosity about the nature of their relationship.
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