Singapore cannot afford to let bad actors trade on its trust
The Nvidia scandal exposes the recurring threat of ‘reputation-laundering’
Annabeth Leow
[SINGAPORE] The news of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s extramarital liaison with an alleged Chinese spy should perturb Singaporeans – if nothing else, because the woman in question reportedly entered his circles as the executive of a Singapore-registered data-centre company.
Even before the news of the affair broke, that company, Megaspeed, came to attention in late 2025 as the subject of separate probes – both in the US and Singapore – around alleged contravention of US curbs on the sale of Nvidia chips to China.
Blending adultery, espionage and international trade conflict, the ongoing scandal is another troubling instance of a Singaporean connection to cases of transnational intrigue.
