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Elon Musk Signs Petition to Reinstate Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO
“In an X post on Saturday, the organizers said they were ‘actively working’ to remove fake signatures.”
“Signers’ affiliations are self-reported and unverified, reported the Times of India.”
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A petition to reinstate Jensen Huang has over 115,000 signatories including shareholders and employees. Elon Musk signed the petition endorsing Jensen Huang's reinstatement as Nvidia CEO.
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Petition for Huang
A petition to reinstate Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO has attracted over 115,000 signatures as of Saturday afternoon, with the petition website listing 5,965 current Nvidia employees, 1,108 former employees, and 63,063 shareholders among signers. Elon Musk signed the petition and wrote on X, “A petition is underway to reinstate Jensen, and I'm signing it too,” while the petition text says signers are “concerned that Jensen was removed without meaningful due process.” Nvidia appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO while it searches for a permanent replacement, and the board has not publicly identified a new CEO.
The petition also demands that the board “bring him back while an independent investigation establishes the facts,” and it urges directors to ensure a fair investigation and provide more information to the public. An internal “suggestion box” post submitted before Huang’s resignation drew more than 1,600 comments, with one anonymous commenter writing, “If you believe in the mission, bring back THE boss.”
Due process dispute
The petition’s open letter to Nvidia’s board argues that the board removed Huang without “meaningful due process” and says signers have “not been shown evidence that the woman at the centre of the controversy was a spy.” The petition also states, “Suspicion or association alone is not a sufficient basis for ending Jensen’s leadership,” and it asks for an independent inquiry with a disclosed scope and timeline before a final decision. Huang wrote to employees on Sunday admitting he had been “unfaithful to [his] wife” and that there was “no excuse,” after reports of an affair with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset.
The Times of India reported that Huang’s resignation followed reports of an alleged second affair with a direct report, and it said the board announced his resignation on Thursday morning. Altimeter Capital Management CEO Brad Gerstner and Atreides Management Managing Partner Gavin Baker urged Nvidia’s board to pursue a “slow, measured, and deliberate process,” arguing that “There are more questions about recent events than answers.”
Board, interim CEO, next steps
Nvidia’s board launched an independent investigation into whether Huang was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort,” and the board said it had no reason to believe that national security or company secrets had been compromised.
Nvidia announced on November 12 that Huang had resigned as president, CEO and a member of its board, effective immediately, and it said Colette Kress was appointed interim CEO while the board began a search for a permanent successor.
Harvey C. Jones was appointed the company’s first-ever board chair, and the leadership transition is scheduled to coincide with Nvidia’s third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on November 17.
The crisis has cost the company $1 trillion in market value since the allegations surfaced, prompted investigations from US lawmakers and the FBI, and raised the prospect of new export controls on chips.
Elon Musk told the Washington Post that he’d signed a petition for Huang’s reinstatement, and the petition campaign website said it was “actively working” to remove fake signatures.