Published 2:56 pm Monday, November 9, 2026

The board of directors for tech giant Nvidia says it will open an independent investigation after its CEO, Oregon-raised Jensen Huang, admitted to an extramarital affair with a potential foreign spy.

Nvidia, a major competitor for Intel, is based in California but has offices in Washington County, where Huang grew up.

News broke Sunday that Huang, one of the world’s wealthiest men, had been involved in a relationship with a Chinese businesswoman who The New York Times and the Financial Times reported had been recruited as an intelligence operative for the Chinese government.

In a statement released Monday , Nvidia’s board of directors said it was opening an investigation into whether a foreign intelligence effort had compromised Nvidia or national security.

“The Board prioritizes U.S. national and economic security, which is paramount to the interests of NVIDIA and its shareholders,” the company said.…