Petition for Jensen Huang’s return as Nvidia CEO draws thousands of signatures, including Elon Musk

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Elon Musk and other technology executives have backed a campaign urging Nvidia to restore co-founder Jensen Huang as chief executive while an ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Elon Musk and other technology executives have backed a campaign urging Nvidia to restore co-founder Jensen Huang as chief executive while an investigation into the controversy surrounding his departure continues.

Business Insider reported that the “Stand with Jensen” petition had attracted about 97,000 signatures by Saturday morning, with Musk and Replit chief executive Amjad Masad promoting it on X.

The campaign website claimed the signatories included more than 51,000 shareholders, over 5,100 current Nvidia employees and nearly 900 former employees, although those affiliations were self-reported and unverified.

Organisers said on Saturday they were working to remove fake signatures after entries appeared under names including “Tim Cruise, Hollywood actor” and “Xi Jingping”, according to the report.

In their open letter, the campaign’s organisers questioned whether Huang had received a fair opportunity to respond and urged the board to explain the investigation’s scope, timetable and grounds for any decision to remove him.

“Jensen deserves due process, not mob justice,” the letter said, while acknowledging that its authors did not have access to the board’s private deliberations.

In its November 12 announcement, the company said it would consider both internal and external candidates for the permanent position.

According to Business Insider, Huang’s departure followed reports of an affair with an Nvidia executive, days after the board announced an investigation into whether he had been targeted by a foreign intelligence operation following his admission of an affair in a letter to employees.

The publication also cited an October New York Times report that Huang had developed a close relationship with Alice Huang, an executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed whom US intelligence officials suspected might be a Chinese spy.

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