Mystery surrounds 'Jensen Huang's mistress'... Her whereabouts unknown amid unverified career history

[Financial News] Interest in Alice Huang, who has been suspected of being a Chinese spy, has grown after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with her.
According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), The Times and other outlets on the 9th (local time), Alice Huang worked about 20 years ago as a reporter for China Central Television (CCTV), a state-run Chinese broadcaster, and Hunan TV, a regional broadcaster. She later moved into finance and reportedly worked at HSBC, served as a director at Shanghai Hesi Investment, and was a vice president at the state-owned China CITIC Group (CITIC).
This career history has not been fully verified; it comes from a profile posted on a Chinese private-equity information website. The U.S. New York Post reported that it contacted Hunan TV but could not confirm that Alice Huang had worked there, and that it could find no employment record for her at CCTV either. Her employment history at HSBC and CITIC Securities also remains unverified.



Alice Huang later became an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed International (hereafter Megaspeed) in early 2023. Although a Chinese national, she reportedly used her fluent English to build extensive ties with senior figures in the semiconductor industry.
She reportedly first met Jensen Huang at an NVIDIA annual event in California in early 2024, and met him again at the Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan, in July that year.
After the event, an image of Alice Huang wearing flashy jewelry, sitting beside Jensen Huang and drinking whisky at a bar was posted on a LinkedIn account under the name Netsunder.
The following May, Jensen Huang was also spotted kissing Alice Huang on the cheek at a Chinese restaurant in Taipei before the two left in the same car.
Six months ago, a New York-based research firm raised concerns about the pair's uncomfortably close relationship. Early this year, U.S. government officials drew up a document stating that the two were having an affair.
Alice Huang had presented herself as an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company, but U.S. intelligence agencies believe she was actually a spy for China's Ministry of State Security (MSS).
Authorities in Singapore and Taiwan believe Chinese intelligence recruited Alice Huang after her close relationship with Jensen Huang was confirmed.


Alice Huang's whereabouts are currently unknown. Several people who were in contact with her early this year said she was in China.
Alice Huang has left the company, but Megaspeed is still operating.
The company's predecessor was Seven Road International, a gaming company backed by Chinese state-owned investors. In 2023, its Singapore subsidiary was spun off under the name Megaspeed, with Huang Le Ltd. taking ownership. Alice Huang reportedly took charge of its management.
Megaspeed later became NVIDIA's largest customer in Southeast Asia, buying more of its semiconductors than any other customer in the region.
Megaspeed has reportedly purchased at least $4.6 billion worth of NVIDIA chips (about 6.8 trillion won) since it was established in 2023. There are also suggestions that it may have been used as a channel for Chinese companies to circumvent U.S. export restrictions on advanced, U.S.-made semiconductors.


[email protected] Lee Seok-woo, International Affairs Correspondent Reporter