Jensen Huang Scandal Sparks Divorce Speculation—Billionaire’s Wife Could Get Half His $155B Fortune

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0:43Wang is one of the 10 richest people in the world, with Forbes valuing his net worth at approximately$155 billion as of Monday. The NVIDIA CEO admitted in a statement to Employees Sunday that he was unfaithful to my wife after reports suggested he had an affair with Chinese citizen Alice Wong, whom the government believes could be an asset to the Chinese government. Wong has been married to his wife since the mid-1980s, after the two first met as students at Oregon State University, long before he founded NVIDIA. And the CEO has said Laurie has been part of NVIDIA every step of the way. According to NVIDIA's 2026 proxy, most of the shares attributed to Jensen are held in trusts, in which both spouses are co-trustees, and as a result may be deemed to have shared beneficial interest.

1:27It's unclear if the two may have signed a prenuptial agreement before they got married or a postnuptial agreement after the fact, which could have specified if any of their assets could be separated rather than jointly held. California is a community property state, which means that any assets that were acquired during the marriage, which would include one stake in Nvidia and any income from the company, must be divided 50-50 during a divorce unless explicitly determined to be one person's separate property. That means Lori Wong could be entitled to half of her husband's fortune should they divorce, potentially yielding her at least$75 billion, depending on how Nvidia's stock performs, though the exact share would depend on any specific agreements the two signed and whether Jensen Wong could claim any property was his alone.

2:12Now, we don't know if any divorce will take place. Lori Wong has not yet responded publicly to her husband's extramarital affair or given any indication of if she intends for them to remain married. If Lori Wong did receive half of her husband's 12-figure fortune, it could be even more than other recent billionaire divorce settlements. Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, Mackenzie Scott, received a stake in Amazon that was equivalent to nearly$36 billion when the two divorced. Melinda French-Gates also received billions in her 2021 divorce settlement from Bill Gates, including at least$12.5 billion just to French-Gates' personal philanthropic endeavours and transferring billions of dollars worth of her stock to her in the years after their divorce.

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