Microsoft overtakes Nvidia as world’s second-most valuable company amid Jensen Huang affair probe

Nvidia shares extended losses on Tuesday, putting the chip giant on track to shed more than $470 billion in market value over two sessions as concerns mounted over the fallout from CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.

The CEO’s relationship with Alice Huang helped facilitate shipments of at least $7.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips to Chinese firms, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people who know her. Alice Huang and Jensen Huang are not related.