Elon Musk joins 100,000+ signers on a petition to reinstate Jensen Huang — including 5,000+ who say they work at Nvidia

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Billionaire investors, tech CEOs and thousands of people who say they’re current Nvidia employees have signed on, days after Huang resigned amid an alleged spy scandal and multiple alleged affairs.

Elon Musk wants Jensen Huang back in charge of Nvidia [NASDAQ: NVDA] — and he's putting his name on it.

"A petition is underway to reinstate Jensen and I'm signing it too," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO [NASDAQ: TSLA] posted on X on Nov. 13.

He isn't alone. As of 10:30 a.m. ET on Nov. 14, an online letter called Stand with Jensen listed more than 100,000 names — including more than 5,000 people who say they currently work at Nvidia.

His exit came after reports that he'd had extramarital relationships, including one with Alice Huang (no relation), a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed who U.S. intelligence officials reportedly suspect was recruited by China's top spy agency. Huang has admitted to an affair. Neither he nor Nvidia has been charged with any wrongdoing thus far.

The Stand with Jensen letter asks the board to "bring Jensen back while an independent investigation establishes the facts, unless and until you can provide compelling evidence that his removal is in NVIDIA's best interests."

Beyond reinstatement, the letter asks the board to disclose the scope, independence and timeline of its investigation, give Huang a chance to respond before any final decision, and publicly explain the evidence behind his removal. The signers say they haven't been shown evidence that the woman at the center of the controversy was a spy, and argue Huang deserves "due process, not mob justice."

The site says it isn't affiliated with Nvidia or Huang. Signers identify themselves, and organizers say they may hold new signatures for review before counting them.

At this point, the site's live tracker broke the names down like this:

Numbers are moving fast, and this is probably already out of date. For context, Nvidia had about 42,000 employees at the end of its last fiscal year in January, according to its annual report, so the self-identified current staff would represent roughly 12% of the company.

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