Odds Huang Will Leave Nvidia Hit 15% Douglas A. McIntyre Mon, November 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM EST 4 min read NVDA -5.09% POLA.PVT Trade NVIDIA on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Jensen Huang's affair with Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese intelligence recruit, triggered an Nvidia board investigation and a 15% Polymarket chance he exits by year-end.
Marco Rubio reportedly knew of the relationship since last spring, and Trump learned of it too but stayed silent, according to The New York Times.
Observers see Huang as safe, but his exit would cost Nvidia top-level access to Washington and elevate director Stephen Neal as a likely executive chair.
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Polymarket lists odds of 15% that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang will be removed or resign from the company he co-founded by December 31. This could change at any time.
According to The New York Times, Marco Rubio, the American Secretary of State, knew about the relationship Jensen Huang had with a Chinese woman who was a spy as early as last spring. This was shared with some US government officials, and it was said Alice Huang was recruited, with Jensen Huang as the target. It is unclear what she was supposed to find out and whether she succeeded. At some point, President Trump became aware of the problem, but said nothing. The Times had been investigating the facts for months as well. The Times said some of its investigation's findings were denied.
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The affair was with Alice Huang (also known as Huang Le), a former executive at the Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed, a chip company, and a Chinese citizen. It appears she indeed was a Chinese spy. In fact, according to the FT, she was "recruited to spy for China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) intelligence agency." Nvidia's board has opened an investigation. Of course, among other matters, the question is whether Jensen Huang told her anything she might have used to help China procure Nvidia chips. Alternatively, he might have revealed information the Nvidia board or the US government would consider confidential and damaging to the national interest, or violated regulations meant to keep China from learning about the US chip industry or chip architecture.
Most people who closely follow Nvidia say he has no chance of being fired. They also say Huang is unlikely to have revealed anything important about his chips or anything that would compromise US security rules. But what if he does get fired? Stephen C. Neal is Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is the logical person to take the position of Nvidia Executive Chair.
Nvidia would start a search for a replacement who might come from inside the company
If Huang leaves, what Nvidia would probably lose is access to the highest levels of the US government, and obviously others, including China. Does that hurt Nvidia's earnings or share price in the future? That is the large, open question.
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