Billionaire Tech CEO Issues Public Apology to His Wife of 40 Years as His Affair Makes Global Headlines
Billionaire Tech CEO Issues Public Apology to His Wife of 40 Years as His Affair Makes Global Headlines
Adam CarlsonMon, November 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM UTC
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From left: Lori and Jensen HuangCredit: LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty -
Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang is admitting he cheated on his wife, Lori Huang, whom he has been with for more than 40 years after first meeting at Oregon State
His company is now investigating whether he was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort”
The New York Times reported that U.S. officials came to believe Huang may have been ensnared by a Chinese businesswoman in what the paper called a “spy plot,” which China denies
The billionaire co-founder and CEO of trillion-dollar tech powerhouse Nvidia — which makes computer chips that power much of the current boom in artificial intelligence — made a public apology over the weekend admitting he’d been “unfaithful” to his wife during their decadeslong marriage.
“My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry,” Jensen Huang said in the statement, released by Nvidia on Sunday, Nov. 8, referring to wife Lori.
He continued: “Throughout my life, my family has given me love and support. They deserve my honesty and loyalty. Instead, I let them down and damaged the life we built together. I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it.”
“To my wife and family: I love you,” Huang said. “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.”
His affair was publicly confirmed at the same time that Nvidia said it would launch a probe into whether Huang was “the target of a foreign intelligence effort.”
The New York Times reported late last month that U.S. officials had come to believe Huang may have been ensnared by a Chinese businesswoman named Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, as part of what the paper called a “spy plot.”
Nvidia’s computer chips are regarded in political and business circles as key to future growth around A.I.
Jensen HuangCredit: Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty
On Monday, Chinese officials denied any involvement in such a scheme, the reported, with a foreign affairs spokesperson calling it “unsubstantiated” and a “smear.”
Jensen Huang’s apology for his affair did not identify Huang Le by name, but it put a new spotlight on his spouse, with whom he shares two grown children, Madison and Spencer.
He and Lori — then Lori Mills — met in college, at Oregon State University, according to the school. He was 17 at the time: the “youngest kid” in class, he recalled in 2024. (He’d emigrated from Taiwan as a boy.)
Lori, 19, was his lab partner.
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“I knew that her first impression of me would be that I’m smart and so I walked up to her and I said, ‘Do you want to see my homework?’ ” Huang quipped at the event two years ago, in Hong Kong.
“And then I made her a promise. I said, ‘If you do homework with me every Sunday, I promise you you’ll get straight As,’ ” Huang went on to say of his future romance.
“As a result, I had a date every Sunday,” he said. “And I made her do homework all day — I was with her the whole day — and then just to make sure that eventually she marries me, I told her that ‘by the time I’m 30, I want to let you know I’m only 20 right now, but by the time I’m 30 I’m going to be a CEO.’ ”
“I had no idea what I was talking about,” he said.
Still, he founded Nvidia in 1993, the same year he turned 30. He and Lori wed five years after they first met, according to Oregon State, and graduated one year apart, in 1984 and 1985.
From left: Lori and Jensen Huang in AprilCredit: LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty
Huang has also credited Lori with his particular fashion sense — favoring leather jackets. (“My wife and my daughter dresses me,” he said in 2023, according to Business Insider.)
And, he has said, she gave him crucial ballast as their fortunes soared.
“Lori took care of everything and I don’t remember her complaining one time,” he said earlier this year in an appearance on the podcast How I Built This. “That’s the gift that she gave me.”
An electrical engineer by training, Lori is the president of her and her husband’s family foundation, which had nearly $10 billion in assets as of 2024, according to ProPublica.
The organization has focused on STEM, education and public health, according to Oregon State.
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