Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang engaged Heller Inc., a crisis communications firm known for managing personal scandals, at least a year prior to publicly acknowledging an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of espionage for China, according to a report by Wired.
Founded by Risa Heller, the firm has advised prominent individuals facing accusations of sexual misconduct, as noted in a 2023 New York Magazine profile. Her reported clientele includes former congressman Anthony Weiner, celebrity chef Mario Batali, and former New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin.
Additionally, Wired reported that Nvidia's internal communications team was instructed to copy Heller Inc. on press inquiries regarding Jensen Huang following an October 2025 New York Times report concerning Nvidia's potential assistance to Chinese companies in avoiding U.S. chip export restrictions.
The Times detailed how Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company with connections to China, acquired nearly $2 billion in Nvidia chips. The report highlighted Megaspeed CEO Alice Huang, the woman later linked to Jensen Huang, standing beside him at a customer gathering in Taipei.
Heller Inc. and Nvidia did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding these developments.
On Sunday, Nvidia released a statement from Jensen Huang acknowledging an affair with a former Megaspeed executive, without explicitly naming Alice Huang. Separately, Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation, citing reports that Huang "has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort."
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