Questions are mounting regarding Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman identified as the alleged mistress of Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA. Her age, educational background, and past career remain unclear, and doubts have also been raised about the business operations of Megaspeed, the Singapore data center company she managed.
According to reports from The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal on November 9, Alice Huang previously worked as a journalist for China Central Television (CCTV) and Hunan TV before holding positions at financial firms such as HSBC and China Merchants Bank.
Her profile on a Chinese private equity information site claims she served as an assistant to the head of HSBC's private banking division, vice president at China Merchants Bank, and executive director and fund manager at Shanghai Hushi Investment Management.
However, much of this career information remains unverified. An executive from Hunan TV stated they did not know Alice Huang, and both HSBC and China Merchants Bank did not respond to media inquiries regarding her employment. Some of her executive role at Shanghai Hushi Investment Management has been confirmed through past company postings.
Doubts also surround the legitimacy of Megaspeed, where she was an executive. The Straits Times reported on November 10 that the office of Megaspeed, located in a high-end office building in Singapore's central business district, was closed last October, and phone calls went unanswered. Other tenants in the building noted that the lights in the office were always off, and they rarely saw employees coming and going. A reporter from the South China Morning Post also faced denial of entry when attempting to visit the office recently.
Megaspeed's website claims it is a key partner for NVIDIA's cloud computing business in the Asia-Pacific region and asserts that it operates data centers in various Southeast Asian locations. However, its LinkedIn profile lists only 2 to 10 employees.
Despite this, it has been reported that through its Malaysian subsidiary, Speedmetrics, Megaspeed imported NVIDIA AI equipment worth at least $4.6 billion. U.S. authorities have been investigating the company since 2024 over suspicions that it may have smuggled advanced semiconductors restricted for export to China.
Megaspeed began as a Singapore subsidiary of the Chinese gaming company Seven Roads in 2015 and changed its name in March 2023. At that time, Alice Huang secured ownership and served as managing director but transferred the company to Singaporean Tan Yong Pong in November of the same year and stepped down from management.
Currently, the sole registered shareholder of Megaspeed is Swift Data, owned by Tan. However, the registered address of this company is reportedly not an independent office but a location previously used by another professional service firm, raising further questions.
As a result, suspicions are growing that Alice Huang may be an agent recruited by Chinese intelligence, as U.S. intelligence agencies suspect she may have been gathering information related to advanced AI semiconductors for Chinese intelligence. However, no evidence has been presented to prove her espionage activities. The Chinese government has denied the allegations, and NVIDIA stated that its internal investigation into Megaspeed found no concerning issues. Singapore police continue to investigate potential legal violations by Megaspeed but clarified that Alice Huang's connections to the Chinese government or intelligence agencies are not part of their inquiry.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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