Jensen Huang Hired Crisis PR Firm Before Scandal Disclosure

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly hired Heller Inc., a crisis communications firm recognized for handling sex scandals, at least a year prior to publicly admitting an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, according to Wired.

Risa Heller, the founder of Heller Inc., has a track record of advising prominent men through personal crises and sexual misconduct allegations, as highlighted in a 2023 New York Magazine profile. Her reported past clients include former congressman Anthony Weiner, celebrity chef Mario Batali, and former New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin.

Wired also disclosed that Nvidia’s internal communications department was instructed to loop in Heller Inc. on any press inquiries regarding Huang shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report questioned whether Nvidia was assisting Chinese firms in bypassing U.S. chip export controls.

That Times report detailed Megaspeed, a then-obscure Singapore-based data center enterprise with ties to China, acquiring nearly $2 billion in Nvidia hardware. It featured Alice Huang, Megaspeed's CEO and the woman later linked to Jensen Huang, standing beside him at a gathering of Nvidia clients in Taipei.