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Nvidia shares plunge after boss embroiled in alleged Chinese spy scandal

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Williams, H. (2026, November 9). Nvidia shares plunge after boss embroiled in alleged Chinese spy scandal. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/chinese-the-new-york-times-wall-street-tech-singapore-b1304190.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-11-09 · by Holly Williams

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Nvidia's stock plummeted by about 8% initially, knocking off over $300 billion in market value after reports emerged that CEO Jensen Huang was involved with a business executive allegedly working for Chinese intelligence. Huang acknowledged an affair but denied any improper behavior, leading the company to launch an internal investigation. The scandal has raised concerns among investors and experts about potential negative impacts on Nvidia’s AI technology sales to China and broader implications for the tech sector's current market sentiment.
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Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, admitted to having an extramarital affair with a suspected Chinese spy, leading to a significant drop in Nvidia's stock prices by 8%. The company’s board has launched an independent investigation, assisted by outside legal counsel, to look into allegations that Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. This comes after reports from The New York Times and Financial Times about the relationship between Huang and Alice Huan, who is an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed. President Trump publicly backed Huang, stating that he had no idea of the spy allegations against his partner. The affair has raised concerns over potential security breaches involving Nvidia's advanced AI technology.

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Market experts said the scandal could lead to a further rout in the US tech sector and lead to fears over the AI bubble.
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The telecoms giant said the bulk of the cost savings – about £300 million – will come from job cuts among its 16,000-strong workforce in the UK, with aims to reduce its staff costs by around 30%.
The Leeds-based group said Mr Potts would take on the role with immediate effect, with current boss Allan Leighton becoming non-executive chairman, two years after he returned to head the firm.
The telecoms giant said the bulk of the cost savings – about £300 million – will come from job cuts among its 16,000-strong workforce in the UK, with aims to reduce its staff costs by around 30%.
The group said Mr Potts would take on the role with immediate effect, with current boss Allan Leighton becoming non-executive chairman, two years after he returned to head the firm.
The telecoms giant said the bulk of the cost savings – about £300 million – will come from job cuts among its 16,000-strong workforce in the UK, with aims to reduce its staff costs by around 30%.
The telecoms giant said the bulk of the cost savings – about £300 million – will come from job cuts among its 16,000-strong workforce in the UK, with aims to reduce its labour costs by around 30%.
The Bank of England is widely expected to hike interest rates on Thursday to 4% from 3.75% given rising UK inflation, but lower oil prices could see policymakers rein in their signals for future rises.
Mr Mackenzie will stand down at the end of February after leading Britain’s second biggest pub chain for nearly eight years.
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Nvidia ORG · 8× Beijing GPE · 3× Huang PERSON · 3× China GPE · 2× Alice Huang PERSON · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× Jensen Huang PERSON · 1× Megaspeed International ORG · 1× Singapore GPE · 1× The New York Times ORG · 1×

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Neil Wilson, Saxo UK investor strategist, said: “Nvidia is huge and at the heart of the AI supply chain, so what happens to this stock matters to the rest of the market. “There is the potential for this story to knock sentiment, which is already pretty fragile.” “I don’t think we have found the lows just yet,” said Mr Wilson.
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Market experts said the scandal could lead to a further rout in the US tech sector and lead to fears over the AI bubble.
2026-11-10 · Evening Standard
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Nvidia shares plunge after boss embroiled in alleged Chinese spy scandal asserted
boss → plunge → scandal
Hundreds of billions of dollars have been wiped off Nvidia’s stock market value as shares plunged after the chipmaker’s board launched an investigation into reports that boss Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. asserted
Huang → wipe → effort
Nvidia’s stock fell about 8% at one stage in early trading on Wall Street, knocking its value by more than 300 billion US dollars (£222 billion), before settling about 4% down after the firm announced the investigation on Sunday, after an admission by Mr Huang that he had an affair with a business executive. asserted
he → fall → executive
Mr Huang apologised to his wife and to the company in an open letter posted on Nvidia’s website. asserted
Huang → apologise → website
The New York Times reported that US intelligence determined that the woman, who it named as Alice Huang, a former executive of a Singapore-based data centre company called Megaspeed International, was gathering information for Beijing. asserted
it → report → Beijing
China on Monday denied the spying allegations, claiming they were unsubstantiated and a smear campaign against Beijing. asserted
they → deny → Beijing
It has come as a major blow to Nvidia and tarnished Mr Huang’s tenure as boss of the Silicon Valley tech giant, whose shares hit an all time high last month on its AI successes, making it one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies, alongside Apple and Microsoft. asserted
it → come → Apple
Nvidia chips power many of the data centres and systems used to train and run AI models, but its sales of computer chips to China have at times been targeted by US regulators seeking to limit Beijing’s access to such technology. asserted
sales → power → technology
Market experts said the scandal could lead to a further rout in the US tech sector and lead to fears over the AI bubble. uncertain
scandal → say → bubble
Neil Wilson, Saxo UK investor strategist, said: “Nvidia is huge and at the heart of the AI supply chain, so what happens to this stock matters to the rest of the market. “There is the potential for this story to knock sentiment, which is already pretty fragile.” “I don’t think we have found the lows just yet,” said Mr Wilson. asserted
Wilson → say → lows
He added: “Broadly speaking I think this is a bubble deflating – as it’s been for many, many months, rather than a bursting.” asserted
it → add → months
But Amish Patel, head of equity research at Raymond James, added: “Underlying demand for AI computing power remains exceptionally strong, while constraints around power and data-centre capacity are not going away. asserted
constraints → add → power
“That doesn’t mean the risks haven’t increased. asserted
risks → mean → ?
“The political debate around data-centre development has become more challenging in the US, while the situation around Nvidia creates additional uncertainty.” asserted
situation → become → uncertainty
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