NVIDIA Board Opens Independent Investigation of Reporting About CEO Jensen Huang

November 10, 2026

NVIDIA’s Board of Directors said on November 8, 2026, that it “is initiating an independent investigation in light of recent reporting that founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.” A committee of independent directors, assisted by outside independent counsel, will oversee the review. The Board said it “has no reason to believe that either national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised” and that the inquiry “will examine all available information.” It said Huang “fully supports the review and has committed to cooperating with it,” and that the Board “has confidence in Jensen and his leadership team.”

The same day, NVIDIA published a message Huang sent to employees. “I owe my family and all of you an apology,” he wrote. “I was unfaithful to my wife.” He also wrote, “I support the investigation and will cooperate fully.”

On November 9, 2026, shareholder Mark Kistenmacher filed a proposed securities class-action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (No. 5:26-cv-13448) against NVIDIA Corporation and Huang. The complaint alleges that public statements about Huang’s interactions with a customer executive and about NVIDIA’s relationship with Singapore-based Megaspeed were misleading. The filing is a complaint; the allegations have not been proven.

NVIDIA is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter results on November 17, 2026, and lists Huang as the December 1 keynote speaker at GTC in Washington, D.C.

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