Nvidia CEO hired crisis PR firm a year before acknowledging affair
Original title: Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago
Wired says staff were told to copy Heller Inc. on Huang inquiries after an October 2025 Times chip report.
TechCrunch, citing Wired, reports Jensen Huang hired Heller Inc. at least a year before he publicly acknowledged an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China. Nvidia communications staff were told to copy the firm on press inquiries shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report that Singapore-based Megaspeed acquired nearly $2 billion in Nvidia chips. On Sunday Huang acknowledged an affair with a former Megaspeed executive without naming her, and the board opened an independent investigation into a reported foreign intelligence effort. Heller and Nvidia did not immediately comment.
Unconfirmed: The PR hire and spy suspicion are attributed to Wired and other reporting; Huang did not name Alice Huang, and Heller and Nvidia did not comment.
- Heller founder Risa Heller has advised men through personal and sexual-misconduct scandals.
- The Times described Alice Huang beside Jensen Huang at a Taipei customer gathering.
- Huang’s statement did not name Alice Huang.
- The board cited reports he was targeted by a foreign intelligence effort.
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- Nvidia
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- Heller Inc.Megaspeed
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The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an Oct. 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.
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