Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has admitted that he was unfaithful to his wife, Lori Huang, IOL reported.
The admission came with allegations that the woman involved was a Chinese intelligence asset. The allegations remain under investigation, and China has rejected claims of espionage.
Nvidia’s board has appointed independent legal advisers. They will investigate whether Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation.
The company lost about $430 billion in market value over two trading sessions as the allegations grew. Wider concerns about the technology sector also affected investors, according to IOL.
Huang’s marriage has not ended in divorce. IOL said the matter recalled some of the most expensive celebrity divorces of recent years.
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott finalised their divorce in July 2019. Scott received about 4% of Amazon’s outstanding shares, valued at an estimated $38.3 billion at the time. Bezos kept his voting rights over her stake.
The couple had been married for 25 years and had four children. They announced their separation in January 2019. Reports about Bezos’s relationship with former television news anchor Lauren Sánchez emerged around the split.
Scott has since given large parts of her wealth to charities and causes.
The financial terms of Bill and Melinda French Gates’s divorce were never made public. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife announced their separation in May 2021 after 27 years of marriage.
Gates acknowledged an affair with a Microsoft employee years earlier. He also expressed regret over his meetings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In May 2024, Melinda announced that she would receive $12.5 billion from Gates for her own philanthropic work. That work includes efforts to improve the lives of women and girls.
Golfer Tiger Woods reportedly paid about $100 million in his 2010 divorce from former model Elin Nordegren. The figure came from media reports at the time, including TMZ. Neither Woods nor Nordegren publicly confirmed the amount.
That scandal began in November 2009 when Woods crashed his SUV outside the couple’s Florida home. Reports of his affairs followed, and several women came forward with claims of relationships. The divorce was finalised in August 2010.
Robyn Moore reportedly received an estimated $425 million in her divorce from Hollywood actor Mel Gibson. The couple had been married for 31 years and had seven children.
Moore filed for divorce in April 2009, citing irreconcilable differences, and the marriage ended in 2011. The $425 million figure was never officially confirmed because the terms stayed confidential.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles announced their separation in 1992. Their divorce was finalised in August 1996.
British newspaper reports at the time put her lump-sum settlement at between $22 million and $27 million. She was also reportedly given about $600,000 a year to run her private office.
Diana lost her style of Her Royal Highness after the divorce. She became known as Diana, Princess of Wales.
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