Who is Alice Huang? Executive at the centre of allegations surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Alice Huang, who also uses the name Huang Le, is a Chinese national who has suddenly found herself at the heart of an international intelligence scandal. US security agencies suspect the former senior executive of Singapore-based firm Megaspeed of operating as an asset for Beijing's Ministry of State Security, allegedly tasked with gathering intelligence on Nvidia chief Jensen Huang. Despite sharing a surname, she bears no family relation to the Taiwanese-born American technology titan.

Unverified background and media discrepancies

Information listed in a Chinese private-fund database presents Huang as a former television journalist who worked for Hunan TV and the state broadcaster CCTV. The same record outlines subsequent positions within the financial sector, including roles as an assistant to the president of HSBC’s private banking division and a vice-president at CITIC Securities.

However, her official background remains shrouded in inconsistency. An investigation by the New York Post revealed that a senior executive at Hunan TV had no record of her employment, whilst searches across CCTV’s online archives produced no matching journalist profile.

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Corporate filings and Megaspeed ties

Chinese investment entries show that Huang later operated as an executive director and fund manager at Shanghai Hexi Investment Management, a business connected to the Chinese gaming company 7Road. This entity formed the foundation of her connection to Megaspeed, which traces its corporate origins to 7Road International—the Singaporean overseas branch of the gaming enterprise.

Established in 2023, Megaspeed was initially owned by Huang Le Limited before its transfer to Swiftdata later that year. Although corporate filings indicate she officially stepped down from directorship, Huang remained publicly linked to the entity. Sitting at the center of a complex network of China-aligned operations, Megaspeed rapidly grew into one of Nvidia’s premier buyers in Southeast Asia, procuring more than $4.8 billion in advanced microchips over two years, according to The New York Times.

Her proximity to Nvidia's chief executive—photographed alongside him in Taipei in 2024 and 2025—eventually drew scrutiny from Washington. Intelligence officials subsequently determined that she used her position to target the leader of the world's most valuable semiconductor company.