Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang retained Heller Inc., a crisis communications firm with a track record of managing sex scandals, at least a year before he publicly admitted to an extramarital affair, according to a Wired report summarized by TechCrunch on November 9, 2026. The woman involved is suspected of spying for China.

The firm's founder, Risa Heller, has counseled prominent men through personal scandals and sexual misconduct allegations, according to a 2023 New York Magazine profile. Clients reportedly include former congressman Anthony Weiner, chef Mario Batali and former New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin. Wired also reported that Nvidia's internal communications staff were instructed to copy Heller Inc. on press inquiries about Huang shortly after an October 2025 New York Times story. That story examined whether Nvidia was helping Chinese companies sidestep U.S. chip export controls.

The Times reported that Megaspeed, a then obscure Singapore-based data center company with ties to China, had acquired close to $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips. It also described Megaspeed CEO Alice Huang, the woman later linked to Jensen Huang, standing beside him at a Taipei event for Nvidia customers. Neither Heller nor Nvidia immediately responded to requests for comment.

On Sunday, Nvidia released a statement from Huang acknowledging an affair with a former Megaspeed executive, though he did not name Alice Huang. The company's board separately launched an independent investigation, citing reports that Huang had been the target of what it called "a foreign intelligence effort." The timeline suggests Huang prepared for reputational fallout well before the disclosure, raising questions for investors and regulators.