115,000-plus sign petition urging Nvidia to reinstate ousted CEO Jensen Huang

A petition calling for Nvidia to reinstate Jensen Huang had more than 115,000 signatures by Saturday afternoon, including 5,965 current employees and 63,063 shareholders. Supporters including Elon Musk and several tech CEOs say Huang was removed without meaningful due process; Huang resigned after disclosing an affair with a chip executive suspected by U.S. intelligence of being a Chinese spy, and Nvidia named CFO Colette Kress interim CEO.

The petition’s large employee and shareholder counts may increase pressure on Nvidia’s board to explain its process, but signatures do not establish whether Huang’s departure was justified or change the board’s decision-making authority. The article does not say how Nvidia’s board has responded or when it will choose a permanent CEO.