Behind Huang Renxun’s extramarital affair scandal: A $155.2 billion fortune faces uncertainty over divorce asset division, with his wife potentially entitled to over $75 billion. Following Huang’s letter to employees admitting infidelity toward his wife, the incident not only triggered volatility in NVIDIA’s stock price but also thrust his $155.2 billion fortune into the spotlight of potential asset division. Under California’s “community property” laws, assets accumulated during marriage are generally divided equally, 50/50. The most critical legal detail in this potential divorce case lies in the timing: the couple married in the mid-1980s, while NVIDIA was founded in 1993. This means that Huang Renxun’s ownership stake in NVIDIA—representing over 3.5% of the company’s core shares and the largest individual shareholder position—was almost entirely acquired during the marriage. In the absence of a clearly established prenuptial or postnuptial agreement separating assets, his wife, Lori Huang, could theoretically claim at least $75 billion (over 500 billion RMB) in assets. This amount would more than double the $36 billion received by Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife in their divorce, setting a new global record for the largest divorce settlement in business history. The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Huang had revealed his wife had managed all household finances and document signings for decades, while he himself “did not even know their home address and had never paid a bill personally.” For secondary markets, personal scandals often fade over time. However, the real concern for investors is the potential disruption to NVIDIA’s control structure and liquidity if more than 3.5% of its key shares held by a major shareholder are forcibly divided or enter a selling window.