Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's $81 billion divorce bill to wife could dwarf Amazon's Jeff Bezos' $35 billion settlement? What we know

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to being unfaithful to his wife Lori Huang as he allegedly developed an intimate relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive suspected by US intelligence of working for Beijing. Amid the infertility controversy, the attention has turned to Jensen Huang's net worth and how much amount his wife could receive if the situation eventually leads to divorce. NVIDIA’s board has initiated an independent investigation.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's divorce settlement

According to Forbes, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s net worth at about $162.2 billion as of the 8th, equivalent to roughly ₩220 trillion. If all of that wealth were recognized as marital property and divided equally, his spouse would receive about $81.1 billion, or approximately ₩110 trillion, as per Sportschosun. These numbers have been calculated using California's system for dividing property. The state applies a community property system under which marital assets accumulated during a marriage are generally divided equally. Under California law, his wife Lori Huang could be entitled to over $62.6 billion in NVIDIA shares in the event of a divorce.


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Jensen Huang married his wife, Lori Huang, in 1985 and co-founded NVIDIA in 1993.The property division issue is drawing even more attention because a substantial portion of his current wealth stems from the increase in value of NVIDIA shares, the company founded after his marriage. However, these are just estimates and it is difficult to say whether ₩110 trillion would actually be paid to his spouse.

Jensen Huang’s divorce could top Jeff Bezos’s ₩56 trillion?

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos drew attention when he transferred about ₩56 trillion upon divorcing his wife, MacKenzie Scott, in 2019. Jeff Bezos, and his wife MacKenzie Scott agreed a record-breaking divorce settlement of at least $35bn (£27bn). Mackenzie Scott kept a 4% stake in the online retail giant, worth $35.6bn on its own. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 1994, a year after the couple married, and MacKenzie Scott was one of its first employees. Microsoft (MS) co-founder Bill Gates also made headlines after transferring assets worth about ₩26 trillion when he split from Melinda French Gates in 2021.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang affair with Alice Huang exposed

Billionaire Nvidia boss Jensen Huang allegedly had a romantic relationship with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for Beijing, according to an explosive US intelligence memo. The 63-year-old tech mogul reportedly became romantically involved with Alice Huang (no relation), an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed. Megaspeed, a major Nvidia customer, was already under investigation over allegations it helped funnel restricted American microchips into China. US intelligence officials believe the woman was recruited by China's Ministry of State Security, Beijing's principal civilian spy agency, to gather information about the Nvidia chief and potentially influence his decisions.

According to NYT, Huang had developed a 'close relationship' with the Chinese executive but stopped short of describing it as romantic. The US government believes the relationship was intimate, reports The Financial Times, adding a new dimension to concerns that the Nvidia boss was being targeted in a Chinese intelligence operation.

Jensen Huang acknowledged in a message to company employees that he had not been faithful to his wife. “I was not faithful to my wife. My actions hurt my wife and children,” he said, adding that he would take responsibility for his actions.

The pair were photographed together at a bar in Taipei in June 2024, where Huang was seen wearing his trademark black leather jacket and enjoying whiskey with other technology executives. Huang has repeatedly lobbied Trump to relax restrictions on sales of advanced Nvidia processors to China, arguing that allowing American companies to compete in the Chinese market would help counter domestic rivals such as Huawei.