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Jensen Huang Hired a PR Firm Known for Handling Sex Scandals Last Year
WIRED • • general
Key Points:
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang engaged a crisis communications firm led by Risa Heller, known for managing scandals involving powerful men, about a year before admitting to an extramarital affair with a woman suspected by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy.
- Heller’s firm has been involved in Huang’s communications since at least October 2025, initially believed to focus on personal and philanthropic matters, with close contact involving Huang’s daughter, a marketing director at Nvidia.
- The woman, Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, was publicly linked to Jensen in 2024 amid US government export restrictions and investigations into Megaspeed’s potential role in evading these controls.
- Following a New York Times report in October 2025 on Huang’s ties to Megaspeed and Alice, Nvidia intensified media management by involving Heller’s firm in all press inquiries related to Huang.
- Jensen Huang publicly apologized for his affair, Nvidia’s board launched an independent investigation, and US intelligence confirmed Alice Huang as a Chinese spy, though Nvidia stated no evidence suggests national security or company information was compromised.
