Nvidia CEO retained crisis PR specialists long before acknowledging affair with suspected Chinese spy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang engaged Heller Inc., a crisis communications agency recognized for managing high-profile personal and sexual misconduct scandals, at least a year before publicly acknowledging an extramarital affair. According to Wired, Huang started working with the firm as early as October 2025, around the period questions first arose regarding his ties to a woman suspected of spying for China. [1][2]

Nvidia's in-house communications staff received instructions to copy Heller Inc. on media inquiries regarding Huang soon after an October 2025 New York Times report questioned if Nvidia helped Chinese businesses bypass American chip export limits. That coverage detailed how Singapore-based Megaspeed secured nearly $2 billion in Nvidia chips, noting its chief executive, Alice Huang, was seen alongside Jensen Huang at a Taipei event. Neither Nvidia nor Heller immediately provided comment on the arrangement. [1]

The revelation follows Huang's recent admission of an affair with an unnamed former Megaspeed executive. In response, Nvidia's board of directors initiated an independent inquiry, pointing to reports indicating that its chief executive had become the target of a foreign intelligence operation. [1]