Updated November 13, 2026 (ET).
Lori Huang, born Lori Mills, has been married to Jensen Huang since 1985. She is president of the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation and, with her husband, co-trustee of the family trusts that hold most of the Nvidia shares reported as beneficially owned by him.
She is in the news because of reporting about him, not because she has spoken publicly. On November 12, 2026, the day Nvidia announced that it had accepted his resignation, Reuters reported that he had had an intimate relationship with a company employee, in addition to two previously reported affairs. Reuters did not name the employee. Some coverage has since discussed a possible divorce and what California’s community-property rules could mean for assets acquired during the marriage. Lori Huang has not commented publicly, Fortune reported on November 12, and no divorce filing has been reported.
The couple’s financial ties are unusually close for a founder’s stake. Nvidia’s 2026 proxy statement, which presents holdings as of March 23, 2026, lists Jensen Huang as beneficially owning 870,604,104 shares, or 3.58% of the common stock then outstanding. The same footnote says he and Lori Huang are co-trustees of three family trusts that together held 668,993,160 shares: 528,531,547 in the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Living Trust, dated May 1, 1995; 31,421,011 in the Huang 2012 Irrevocable Trust; and 109,040,602 in the Huang Irrevocable Remainder Trust, dated February 19, 2016. Another 73,265,334 shares were held in limited liability companies of which the living trust is the sole member. By virtue of their status as co-trustees, the filing says, “each of Mr. Huang and his wife may be deemed to have shared beneficial ownership of, and to exercise shared voting and investment power over,” those shares.
The proxy also reports 58,683,830 shares held by the foundation, of which the couple have been board members since 2007. They “may be deemed” to share voting and investment power over those shares, the filing says, but “have no pecuniary interest” in them.
California is a community-property state, a point several outlets have raised in discussing the trusts. That is a general rule about property acquired during a marriage, not a finding that a divorce is underway or that any particular split would apply.
Lori Huang: Quick facts
Full name: Lori Huang, born Lori Mills, according to Fortune and The New Yorker.
Known for: President of the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation; co-trustee, with Jensen Huang, of the family trusts that hold most of the Nvidia shares reported as beneficially owned by him; an Oregon State University engineering graduate who married Huang in 1985.
Education: A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University, in 1985, according to the university.
Family: Married Jensen Huang in 1985. They have two children, Madison and Spencer, who both work at Nvidia, Fortune reported.
Latest news: After Reuters reported a further relationship on November 12, 2026, some coverage discussed a possible divorce. She has not commented publicly, and no divorce filing has been reported.
How did Lori Huang meet Jensen Huang, and what was her early career?
The two met as lab partners in an electrical-engineering class at Oregon State. Oregon State’s October 14, 2022, announcement of their gift to the university says they were paired in an electrical fundamentals class, and quotes him as calling that meeting “the most important, single event of OSU, and of my life.” Fortune, reviewing the same history, reported that he was 17 and she was 19 when they met, that she graduated in 1985, and that they married that year.
In a 2023 New Yorker profile, he said that after graduation the two found work in Silicon Valley as microchip designers. “She actually made more than me,” he told the magazine. The same profile says they got married and that, within a few years, she had left the workforce to bring up their children. Fortune similarly reported that she left the workforce a few years after the marriage to raise their two children, and that both children now work at Nvidia. In an interview with the Singapore broadcaster CNA, he later said that “every moment of Nvidia, she was there,” Fortune reported.
What is Lori Huang’s role in the foundation and the trusts?
On paper, she holds the top title in the family’s philanthropy. Fortune, reviewing the foundation’s tax filings, reported that she is president of the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation, that Jensen Huang is listed as secretary and chief financial officer, and that she has held the president title on every filing available dating back to 2014. The foundation reported about $9.2 billion in assets at the end of 2024, Fortune reported, and about $8.6 billion of its holdings that year were in stocks. Oregon State’s 2022 announcement describes her as president of the foundation, “supporting higher education, public health, and STEM initiatives across the U.S., alongside local community organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area.”
In 2024, Fortune reported, the foundation paid out about $126.3 million in grants. Recipients that year included Oregon State, which received about $30.5 million, and Crisis Text Line, which received about $10.8 million; more than $82 million went to Schwab Charitable Fund, which sponsors donor-advised funds. In June and September 2024, Jensen and Lori Huang, as co-trustees of their living trust, gave the foundation a combined 1.3 million Nvidia shares, valued by the foundation at about $160 million, according to Form 4 filings and the tax return reviewed by Fortune.
The couple’s largest public gift to her alma mater was announced on October 14, 2022: $50 million to the OSU Foundation for a research and education center now named the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex. “We discovered our love for computer science and engineering at OSU,” they said in the university’s announcement. Oregon State said the foundation had previously given $5 million to build a laboratory for cancer research at the university, and $30 million for the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center at Stanford. The 2022 announcement also said they had joined Melinda Gates in supporting AI4ALL and had made major educational grants to Johns Hopkins University and City Year San Jose.
On November 8, in a staff email obtained by CNBC, Jensen Huang apologized for being unfaithful to his wife. “I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry,” Fortune quoted him as writing. Fortune reported that Lori Huang has not commented publicly on the memo. This page does not treat a divorce as a fact, or guess at what she may do.
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Frequently asked questions about Lori Huang
Who is Lori Huang?
She is an Oregon State-educated electrical engineer, born Lori Mills, who married Jensen Huang in 1985, serves as president of the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation, and is co-trustee of the family trusts that, as of Nvidia’s March 23, 2026, proxy, held most of the shares reported as beneficially owned by him.
Are Lori and Jensen Huang getting divorced?
No divorce filing has been reported, and she has not commented publicly. After Reuters reported a further relationship on November 12, 2026, some outlets discussed what a divorce could mean under California community-property law. Those discussions are speculative. This page does not treat a divorce, or any particular division of assets, as a fact.
How much of the Nvidia stake do the Huangs hold together?
Nvidia’s 2026 proxy, as of March 23, 2026, lists Jensen Huang as beneficially owning 870,604,104 shares. Of those, 668,993,160 sat in three family trusts of which he and Lori Huang are co-trustees, and another 73,265,334 sat in limited liability companies of which their living trust is the sole member. The foundation held a further 58,683,830 shares, over which they may be deemed to share voting and investment power but in which, the filing says, they have no pecuniary interest.
What does the Jen-Hsun & Lori Huang Foundation do?
It is the couple’s philanthropic foundation, and she is its president. Fortune reported that it had about $9.2 billion in assets at the end of 2024 and paid out about $126.3 million in grants that year, including gifts to Oregon State and Crisis Text Line. Oregon State has also announced a $50 million gift from the couple for the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex, as well as earlier gifts for cancer research at the university and for the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center at Stanford.
Further reading
CNBC: Inside Jensen and Lori Huang’s jointly controlled Nvidia fortune (November 12, 2026)
Nvidia 2026 proxy statement (filed May 12, 2026; holdings as of March 23, 2026)
TechCrunch: Reuters reports a third relationship (November 12, 2026)
The New Yorker: How Jensen Huang’s Nvidia is powering the A.I. revolution (December 4, 2023)
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