Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang engaged the services of Heller, a crisis communications public relations firm renowned for managing significant public scandals, at least a year prior to acknowledging an extramarital affair with an individual identified as a suspected Chinese spy.
Huang has been working with Heller since October 2025, according to a WIRED report. This engagement predates his admission of infidelity to his wife of over four decades with Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, by more than 12 months. Two sources indicated to WIRED that Heller has been managing Huang’s private communications since that time.
The firm, founded by Risa Heller, has a notable history of representing individuals involved in public scandals and allegations of sexual misconduct, with past clients including figures like Anthony Weiner and Mario Batali. WIRED reported that Heller was initially retained to assist with Huang’s personal matters, including his family's philanthropic activities. Sources familiar with the situation told WIRED that the firm maintained frequent contact with both Huang and his daughter, Madison, who holds a product marketing director role at Nvidia.
It remains unclear whether Heller's initial involvement with Huang encompassed the extramarital affair. The New York Post has reached out to Heller for comment.
Following his confession, Nvidia, a company with a market capitalization of $4.5 trillion, initiated an internal probe to ascertain if its CEO was a potential target of foreign intelligence operations. The company has stated it continues to have confidence in Huang's leadership.
Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based technology company that procured billions of dollars in AI chips from Nvidia, was reportedly recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), Beijing's primary intelligence agency. This information stems from a confidential U.S. State Department memo, reportedly based on electronic surveillance of Alice Huang, as detailed by The New York Times.