Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is at the center of a scandal that has wrapped up many others. WeChat; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

One of the most powerful figures in Big Tech is caught up in a messy scandal that involves an affair, an alleged Chinese spy, and a wide array of characters.

At the center is Jensen Huang himself.

The Nvidia CEO on Sunday admitted to having an extramarital affair in a memo sent to Nvidia employees. Nvidia's board of directors announced the same day it was launching an investigation into whether Huang was the "target of a foreign intelligence effort."

The investigation came after The New York Times previously reported US intelligence officials believed a woman who had grown close to Huang — Alice Huang, a Chinese tech executive — was recruited to gather information for Beijing.

The timeline of events goes back at least to the Spring but has ramped up in the past week, as has speculation about what the news means for Huang and Nvidia .

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