The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the person who introduced Alice Huang (앨리스 황) to Jensen Huang (젠슨 황), who stepped down as Nvidia CEO, was her husband, Chinese businessman Kang Wei (캉웨이).

Kang had known Jensen Huang for 10 years, the report said.

People who know the couple said Kang seemed to accept a romantic relationship between his wife and Jensen Huang for 2 years. The WSJ also reported that Kang jokingly told acquaintances that his wife was Jensen Huang's personal secretary.

Kang, a former Chinese star fund manager, founded Shanghai Hesi in 2010 and has run it with his wife since 2016. Kang met Jensen Huang in the 2010s as Shanghai Hesi invested in the gaming sector. Over the past decade, the couple expanded their business into gaming, pharmaceuticals and cloud computing by leveraging their connections.

In 2023, they acquired the Singapore arm of a game company they had previously invested in and renamed it Megaspeed International. Megaspeed touted Alibaba as a key customer and obtained "Nvidia Cloud Partner" status in November that year.

Megaspeed deployed a large portion of the Nvidia servers it secured in Malaysian data centres and provided computing power to Alibaba. Some were sent to China, including to Shanghai cloud company Century Litong, the WSJ reported, citing sources.

The couple also pitched data centre projects to investors from late 2024 to June 2025 and expressed confidence that there was a way to bring Nvidia chips into China.

The United States bans exports of advanced Nvidia AI chips to China. Megaspeed says it complies with all export control rules.

U.S. officials believe Chinese intelligence agencies recruited Alice as an informant because she could approach Jensen Huang. The United States and Singapore are investigating allegations that Megaspeed rerouted exports of Nvidia AI chips worth billions of dollars to China in violation of export restrictions.

Taiwanese authorities have revoked Alice's entry permit and are investigating whether she gathered intelligence during her visit. Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs concluded in February there was insufficient evidence, but barred her from re-entering the country, saying she provided false information during the investigation.