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Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago
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Key Points:
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hired crisis communications firm Heller Inc. at least a year before publicly acknowledging an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, according to Wired.
- Heller Inc., led by founder Risa Heller, is known for managing sex scandals and has advised high-profile clients such as Anthony Weiner, Mario Batali, and Jeffrey Toobin.
- Following a 2025 New York Times report about Nvidia’s possible role in helping Chinese companies evade U.S. chip export restrictions, Nvidia’s internal communications team was instructed to copy Heller Inc. on press inquiries about Huang.
- The Times report highlighted Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company with Chinese ties, which acquired nearly $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips and is linked to Alice Huang, the woman connected to Jensen Huang.
- Neither Heller Inc. nor Nvidia responded immediately to requests for comment on the matter.
