Jensen Huang’s affair with a suspected spy is Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare come true

The resignation this week of Nvidia’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang is one of the most astonishing corporate scandals in memory, featuring allegations of international espionage and extramarital affairs involving one of the world’s most powerful men. As investigations mount into what went wrong at the $4tn chip company, the saga may also become a milestone in the decades-long history of spies infiltrating the US tech industry.

Huang admitted to being unfaithful to his wife of 41 years in a letter to employees this past weekend, following a report from the New York Times that the tech mogul had a close relationship with a woman US officials suspect of spying for China’s government. Huang resigned on Thursday after 33 years as CEO amid reports of two additional affairs with Nvidia employees, causing the world’s most valuable chip company’s stock to plummet.