Nvidia employees and tech leaders urge board to reinstate CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday following allegations of multiple extramarital affairs and national security concerns, causing shares to drop 14% at the opening bell before closing down about 4%. CFO Colette Kress has been named interim CEO. Over 1,600 Nvidia employees have commented on an internal post supporting Huang, with many urging the board to bring him back. Tech leaders including Elon Musk, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey have also publicly backed him, citing his transformation of Nvidia into an AI computing leader. Investigations remain ongoing into Huang's relationships with Alice Huang, suspected by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy, and Kimberly Powell. The FBI is examining the Alice Huang affair, while lawmakers seek further probes into Nvidia's ties to Singapore-based Megaspeed International over potential chip exports to China.