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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (left, dressed in black) attends a dinner with Alice Huang (right), a woman suspected of spying for China, at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, in May 2025. /AFP-Yonhap

Questions have emerged over the professional background of a Chinese businesswoman suspected of building close ties with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and passing information to China.

Her résumé lists an impressive career spanning major Chinese television networks, global banks and leading securities firms, but some of her claimed positions could not be independently verified.

The New York Post reported on Oct. 29 that its investigation into the career of Chinese businesswoman Huang Le, also known as Alice Huang, had raised questions about parts of her employment history.

According to her profile on Simuwang, a Chinese private equity fund information platform, Huang worked as a reporter for Hunan TV and China Central Television (CCTV), an assistant to the head of HSBC's private banking division, and a vice president at CITIC Securities, a major Chinese brokerage.

The profile also states that she spent four years in the media industry and eight years in the securities industry before becoming an executive director at Shanghai Hexi Investment Management.

However, an executive at Hunan TV told the New York Post, "I have not heard of her."

"If she had actually worked as a reporter for Hunan TV, her name or profile should be easy to find on the company's website," the executive added.

The New York Post also found no records on the websites of Hunan TV or CCTV that could verify Huang's claimed journalism experience.

HSBC and CITIC Securities did not respond to requests for comment.

However, the absence of publicly available profiles does not necessarily mean that her employment claims are false.

Huang recently drew attention after U.S. intelligence officials raised suspicions about her possible ties to Chinese intelligence agencies.

According to The New York Times, she is suspected of developing a close relationship with Jensen Huang and passing information to China.

Huang is also known to have been involved in the management of Megaspeed, a Singapore-based semiconductor company.

Megaspeed's Malaysian sister company purchased at least $4.8 billion worth of Nvidia equipment between June 2024 and February 2026.

U.S. authorities reportedly investigated whether Megaspeed was involved in illegally transferring advanced semiconductors to China.

However, Huang was released without charges after being questioned by Singaporean authorities last year, and the allegations of intelligence activities against her remain unproven.

Nvidia has maintained that Jensen Huang's interactions with Huang were not unusual, saying that "meetings with customer executives are part of a CEO's job."

The Chinese government has also stated that it opposes attempts to maliciously discredit Chinese citizens by using allegations of espionage.

                                                                                                             Seong Hee-je