New Delhi: Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang was introduced to Alice Huang, who later became his romantic partner, by her husband, Chinese businessman Kang Wei, according to reports citing individuals familiar with the couple. Kang, who had known Jensen Huang for about a decade, reportedly accepted their relationship for two years and openly discussed their closeness, sometimes joking to associates that his wife served as the Nvidia executive's personal assistant.
Now, Kang's connection to Jensen Huang has drawn scrutiny as authorities examine the couple's business activities and ties to the technology leader. United States officials believe Chinese intelligence services may have recruited Alice Huang as an asset due to her access to Jensen Huang. Meanwhile, Nvidia's board has prepared to remove him as chief executive following another alleged affair, after Jensen Huang admitted in a letter to employees that he was unfaithful to his wife and apologized for breaching family and staff trust.
Kang and Alice Huang leveraged their personal connections while pursuing commercial opportunities across China, Singapore, Taiwan, and other international markets. Over the past decade, they transitioned through various ventures involving video game companies, pharmaceutical takeovers, and cloud computing. They established related entities, transferred holdings between themselves, and relied on their networks to drive business expansion before eventually focusing on artificial intelligence hardware as regulatory challenges mounted.
Authorities in the United States and Singapore have examined Megaspeed, a Singapore-based cloud services provider linked to the couple, over allegations that it transshipped billions of dollars worth of export-restricted Nvidia AI chips to China. Investigators were told that Megaspeed sent Nvidia-powered servers to the mainland, potentially bypassing trade restrictions. Taiwanese authorities also revoked Alice Huang's entry permit and barred her return to the island, where she had met Jensen Huang on multiple occasions, to investigate potential intelligence gathering or breaches of anti-infiltration laws.
Singapore authorities briefly detained Alice Huang in the summer of 2025 before lifting travel restrictions, allowing her to travel to China earlier this year. Singaporean officials stated their investigation into Megaspeed remains ongoing but noted they have not examined her links to China. Meanwhile, Kang was detained in Shanghai earlier this year regarding inquiries into alleged stock market manipulation involving listed companies, though he was recently released and photographed with friends at Stanford University.
Kang, now in his early fifties, previously worked as a prominent fund manager in China before founding Shanghai Hexi in 2010. Alice Huang, in her late forties, completed a master's degree in media management in Hong Kong during the late 2000s. Corporate registry records show the couple began jointly running Shanghai Hexi in 2016, utilizing investments in video game companies to help Kang arrange a meeting with Jensen Huang during the 2010s when Nvidia primarily manufactured gaming graphics hardware.
Although China's securities regulator fined Kang and Shanghai Hexi in 2018 for disclosure violations and takeover-related infractions, the couple shifted their focus by the early 2020s toward cloud computing and AI data centers. By March 2023, they acquired a video game company's Singapore division, renaming it Megaspeed International with Alice Huang registered as a director and Kang working alongside her to build out operations supported by major Chinese technology firms entering the artificial intelligence sector.