Nvidia’s Jensen Huang: Former dishwasher who became the rock star of tech – but couldn’t resist a pretty young face

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang’s reputation has come under pressure after reports of an affair with a technology executive whom the US government says is a Chinese spy. The story has drawn attention because Huang is a high-profile figure whose leadership has been closely associated with Nvidia’s rise, and the article says the revelation sent the company’s shares sharply lower.

The article traces Huang’s path from childhood in Taiwan and a difficult experience at a Kentucky reform school to studying electrical engineering and co-founding Nvidia in 1993. He met his wife, Lori, at Oregon State University; they married in 1985 and have two children who work at the company. Nvidia was valued at $562 million when it went public in 1999 and is now described as having a market capitalisation of $4.3 trillion, after shifting its focus towards programmable graphics processing units.