He would have introduced his wife to the boss of Nvidia then accepted that she had an affair with him: who is the mysterious Chinese businessman at the center of the scandal?

The matter takes on an additional dimension. While Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, is already weakened by the revelations concerning his affair with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman suspected of espionage, the Wall Street Journal revealed this Thursday, November 12, the existence of a third character with a particularly intriguing role: Kang Wei, the latter's husband. According to the American daily's investigation, this Chinese businessman, who had known Jensen Huang for around ten years, himself introduced his wife to the boss of Nvidia.

Even more surprising, he would have accepted the extramarital relationship between his wife and the American billionaire for about two years. According to several people who knew the couple interviewed by the newspaper, Kang Wei even openly discussed this closeness with his professional relations. In particular, he sometimes joked by introducing Alice Huang as Jensen Huang's personal assistant.

A couple of entrepreneurs with thriving businesses This revelation is all the more disturbing given that Kang Wei and Alice Huang maintained close business relations. Aged around fifty, Kang Wei founded Shanghai Hexi, a Chinese investment company, in 2010. His wife had joined him and the two had run the company together since 2016.

The couple had gradually invested in several sectors, from video games to the pharmaceutical industry, before turning to data centers and artificial intelligence. It was notably through his investments in video games that Kang Wei met Jensen Huang in the 2010s, at a time when Nvidia was best known for its graphics cards. In 2023, the two spouses took control of a Singaporean subsidiary of a video game publisher, renamed Megaspeed International.

Alice Huang becomes an administrator. A few months later, in November 2023, Megaspeed obtained Nvidia cloud partner status, after presenting the Chinese giant Alibaba as a major customer likely to use its computing capabilities. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company then installed numerous servers equipped with Nvidia chips in Malaysia, in particular to provide computing power to Alibaba.

But some of this equipment would also have been shipped to China, despite American restrictions on the export of the most advanced semiconductors. The two spouses then allegedly proposed several data center projects in Asia to investors, promising in particular the possibility of tripling their investment in three years. According to testimonies collected by the daily, they also claimed to have the means to transport Nvidia chips to China.

Suspicions of espionage and several investigations The couple's activities are now of interest to the authorities of several countries. American services suspect Chinese intelligence of having recruited Alice Huang because of her privileged access to Jensen Huang. Investigators are seeking in particular to determine whether this proximity could have made it possible to obtain sensitive information or facilitate technology transfers to China.

Kang Wei's career is itself marked by several legal cases. In 2018, the Chinese stock market regulator sanctioned the businessman and his company for breaches of financial participation declaration obligations. More recently, he was detained in Shanghai as part of an investigation into suspected stock market manipulation, before being released.

Alice Huang, for her part, was detained in Singapore during the summer of 2025, according to Wall Street Journal sources. The Singaporean authorities, however, specify that they have not investigated its possible links with Chinese intelligence services. Taiwan has also withdrawn his entry permit and is examining his past activities on the island.

Beijing categorically rejects accusations of espionage, denouncing baseless speculation. Neither Kang Wei nor Alice Huang responded to requests from the American daily.

Machine-translated from French