Nvidia shares slump amid investigation into CEO Jensen Huang

Huang admits infidelity, denies compromising Nvidia security as China spy inquiry shakes $4.5 trillion AI firm.Nvidia stock tumbled in early trading after the company launched an internal investigation into whether CEO Jensen Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation.News of the probe into the California-based semiconductor giant sent its stock tumbling over 4 percent as United States financial markets opened for the week, while tech stocks and wider indexes rose.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump defends Nvidia CEO amid Chinese spying allegationslist 2 of 4Asian stock markets climb after earlier tech routlist 3 of 4Why is Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China spy scandal?list 4 of 4China rejects ‘baseless’ claims it spied on Nvidia bossend of listThe probe comes amid reports that Huang developed a close personal relationship with a Chinese business executive of a Nvidia partner company who allegedly passed information to Beijing. In a letter to employees, Huang admitted to not being faithful to his wife, but did not elaborate on the details of the relationship.“NVIDIA’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I ...