# Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after alleged affair with Chinese spy

https://mins.news/en/item/135906

- The Guardian, 2026-11-09 16:42 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/09/nvidia-jensen-huang-affair-trump-musk

> Donald Trump, Elon Musk and prominent finance figures have backed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who admitted in an employee email to an affair and said he would cooperate with an internal investigation. The probe concerns reports of a relationship with a businesswoman US intelligence suspects of spying for China. Nvidia said no trade secrets or US national security were compromised.

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