Nvidia board investigates CEO Jensen Huang's affair with Alice Huang. CTI/Reuters Headlines and markets have one thing on their minds this week: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair.The semiconductor tycoon said on November 8 that he had been unfaithful to his wife, days after The New York Times reported on his close relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at the Singaporean data center company Megaspeed who US officials believe was passing information to Beijing.Following the Times' initial story in late October, Nvidia characterized Jensen Huang and Alice Huang's interactions as routine business. Megaspeed, established in 2023, is an Nvidia customer and a spinoff of the Chinese company 7Road Holdings.But the pair have been seen together several times in recent years, at conference after-parties and often surrounded by other tech executives.Little is known about Alice Huang — identified as Huang Le in Singapore corporate filings — but the Times wrote that she previously worked in a Shanghai-based investment fund that backed 7Road.Here's a timeline of Jensen Huang and Alice Huang's public appearances over the years. June 2024: The earliest publicly known interaction A photo of Huang with Alice Huang in Taipei, released on June 7, 2024. Obtained by Reuters/Reuters It's unclear when the duo first met, but their first public sighting together was at an after-party following Computex 2024, Taiwan's famous annual computer and tech trade show.NetThunder, a software company, shared a picture of Huang and Alice Huang at a bar with other technology executives in June 2024.NetThunder shared the picture on its LinkedIn page, writing that the executives were raising their drinks to the "seemingly endless possibilities enabled through AI." The pair was photographed again in Taipei in 2025 Jensen Huang and Alice Huang were filmed at an upscale restaurant in Taiwan with other executives in May 2025. CTI/Reuters Jensen Huang and Alice Huang were photographed together again at a dinner during an industry conference in Taipei in May 2025. This was close to Computex 2025, where Huang delivered a keynote presentation.Footage from a local Taiwanese broadcaster showed the pair exiting San Liu Shi Fu, an upscale reservation-only restaurant in Taipei specializing in Shanghainese and Cantonese cuisine.Local media reported that Huang has visited the restaurant multiple times. The dinner took place on the sidelines of Computex 2025 Alice Huang waited in the background of footage from a local news outlet as Jensen Huang signed autographs outside the restaurant. CTI/Reuters Footage from local news outlet SETHN News Network showed Jensen Huang exiting the restaurant with to-go bags of "chao mian," a stir-fried noodle dish, which he handed out to the crowd gathered outside.Alice Huang, who exited the establishment with him, was seen standing in the background, waiting while Huang signed autographs for the crowd. Alice Huang shared photos of the two together on WeChat Photos shared by Alice Huang from her own WeChat feed with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. EyePress/Newscom Alice Huang also shared a series of photos taken with Jensen Huang on WeChat, a Chinese social media platform. Hong Kong-based news agency EyePress, which is a Reuters content partner, obtained the picture from Alice Huang's WeChat.One photo shows the two sitting on a sculpture identified by a placard as the "Friendship Bench" made by artist John Kennedy. Another photo shared by Alice Huang shows the two standing on a lawn Photos shared by Alice Huang from her own WeChat feed with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. EyePress/Newscom Another picture obtained by EyePress showed Jensen Huang and Alice Huang together on a lawn. It's unclear where or when the photos shared to WeChat were taken. Business Insider was unable to independently verify the authenticity of these images.Nvidia's stock was down more than 4% at market close on Monday following Huang's admission of the affair. The stock had already taken a hit last week, after a widespread Democratic win in the US midterms elections caused a major tech sell-off.In a memo to Nvidia staff on Sunday admitting to the affair, Huang apologized to his colleagues, Nvidia's board, partners, and shareholders, saying that they deserved better from him.Nvidia's board has launched an independent investigation into whether its CEO was targeted by foreign intelligence. Huang said in his memo that he loves the US and Nvidia, and is "committed to protecting Nvidia and supporting America's national security." 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