Nvidia CEO admits cheating on wife of 40 years, who is Lori Huang?

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is at the centre of a major scandal in the world of tech. Huang, who leads one of the most valuable companies in the world, has admitted that he was having an extramarital affair with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang. This confession has drawn eyes to Huang’s family, and in particular, his wife Lori.In a memo to Nvidia employees, Jensen accepted that he was cheating on Lori. “I was unfaithful to my wife,” he wrote. “My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.” Addressing his family directly, he added: “I know an apology cannot undo what I have done. I hope our family will heal and that, over time, I can earn back your trust.”This incident has put enough attention on Jensen’s family that his daughter, Madison, has reportedly cancelled her planned visit to Seoul for Nvidia AI Day Seoul 2026 because of “family issues.”Who is Lori Huang?Long before Nvidia became the trillionaire giant that we know today, Jensen Huang met Lori Mills, as she was then known, while they were engineering students at Oregon State University. He was 17 and she was 19. Speaking at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in November 2024, Huang recalled, “I walked up to her and said, ‘Do you want to see my homework?’” He also told her: “If you do homework with me every Sunday, I promise you, you will get straight As.” “As a result, I had a date every Sunday,” Jensen added. Jensen also promised Lori that he would become a chief executive by the age of 30. The couple married in 1985, and Jensen co-founded Nvidia in 1993, when he was 30. Lori often accompanies him to events and is president of the family's $9 billion charitable foundation. Jensen has joked that she signs paperwork, manages their finances and does so much for him that he does not know his own address or pay his bills. Though she does not hold any formal role at the company.Before helping her husband at Nvidia, Lori Huang reportedly worked as a microchip designer at HP in the early 1980s. Lori hails from Taiwan.Madison and Spencer Huang The Huang couple have two kids, a daughter, Madison, and a son, Spencer. The children attended Nvidia events while growing up, including its annual GTC conference. Jensen Huang once told a close family friend that it would be his dream if one of them ran Nvidia one day.Madison joined Nvidia in 2020 and is a senior director of product marketing, focusing on its physical AI platforms. She has spent much of her time working on Omniverse, a software division central to Nvidia's efforts to expand beyond hardware. She also travels with her father as part of an informal group of executives called “The Band”, which helps manage his presentations.Before joining Nvidia, Madison attended the Culinary Institute of America and Le Cordon Bleu. She worked as a chef and gained experience at luxury conglomerate LVMH. She later completed an MBA at London Business School.Spencer Huang works in product management in Nvidia's robotics and simulation group. Before joining the company in 2022, he moved to Taipei and co-founded R&D Cocktail Lab, which he operated for several years. He later completed an MBA at New York University's Stern School of Business. Nvidia disclosed compensation of $1.3 million for Spencer and $1.2 million for Madison for fiscal 2026.Madison's husband, Nico Caprez, also works at Nvidia. He joined in 2024 as a corporate development manager and became a vice-president in January. A former Alpine ski racer, he helps oversee relationships with emerging cloud-computing providers and Nvidia's strategy of providing financial guarantees to customers.With Nvidia valued at more than $4 trillion and Jensen Huang retaining a broad personal role in its flat management structure. As per reports, Nvidia does not have a clear successor to Jensen, who continues his position as CEO as the company investigates the alleged spy scandal.- Ends