Jensen Huang and the problem with male libido
Jensen Huang and the problem with male libido
Hannah BettsMon, November 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
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Owning up to 60 leather jackets should have been understood as a cry for help on a global scale - Photothek/Thomas Koehler
When I left academia in my late twenties, my brothers were adamant regarding the career I should pursue. “Ageing honeytrap”, they pronounced. Post-Cold War, pre-9/11, they felt there were opportunities for a flirt and boozer of my prowess. Still, sexpionage is a story as old as time: from Delilah beguiling sleepy Samson and Judith hoodwinking Holofernes, to Noughties Russian intelligence agent Anna Chapman. Today, as the world enters a new period of geopolitical uncertainty, we can be sure of one thing: the politically motivated femme fatale will be back on the prowl.
Sashay forward Ms Alice Huang, whom the US government suspects of having been recruited by a Chinese spy agency to seduce 63-year-old Jensen Huang (no relation). This Taiwan-born businessman is founder of chipmaker Nvidia, valued at $4.5tn – yup, 12 zeroes – rendering him the most powerful person in AI, and pretty much any room.
His compromised position not only poses a potential risk to American economic security, but – as a confidant of President Trump – our hero is also privy to Lord knows what strategic secrets. His inamorata – and alleged adversary – was a senior executive at a company that was buying Nvidia’s chips. Her age is unclear, but would appear to be half his. Another day, another man of a certain age falls for the oldest trick in the book.
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, allegedly with Alice Huang - NowNews
Particularly prone are chaps who have worked hard all their lives (Mr Huang started washing plates), are long married (Huang has notched up 41 years), and now yearn to kick back at an age at which they’ve “still got it”. Alerts should have sounded back in May when Mr H was spotted bounding off Air Force One in a Mission Impossible-style black leather jacket with black shirt, black jeans, black shoes and a black backpack. He is said to possess up to 60 such jackets, largely by Tom Ford, a fact that should have been understood as a cry for help on a global scale.
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He also harbours a thing for boy toys in the form of costly cars – no less a symptom that a codger is about to fall hook, line and sinker for a young woman on the make, whether said make is personal or political. Our fascination with the honeytrap is such that not one, but two high-profile television series are currently examining the topic: Netflix’s Black Doves, starring Keira Knightley as the British PM’s wife who is also a gun-toting assassin, and the BBC’s Killing Eve prequel, Honey, out this weekend.
And, yet, despite sexpionage being so familiar a dynamic, there are always fresh victims; failing to realise that, in the beautiful-young-chick-drops-knickers-for-tedious-old-coot scenario, there must be some sort of catch. Older women tend to be too wise to succumb to such fantastical flattery. Mrs Huang would surely eye roll, then go off and do something more interesting were she hit on by a callow young whippersnapper. Yet, men of her vintage surrender to the crow/fox/cheese scenario every time.
Questions for power brokers to ask themselves when presented with an adoring young person. First: “Do I own items of clothing older than this individual?” Second: “Could s/he identify who was in charge when I was first entitled to vote?” And, crucially: “Would footage of us strolling next to each other qualify for the ironic #lovehasnoage hashtag found on YouTube videos featuring rich old men squiring hot young things?”
Meanwhile, if it feels too good to be true, then your mobile is definitely being tapped.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
