Petition to reinstate Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO passes 115,000 signatures, with Elon Musk among signers

Nov 14, 2026
Nearly 6,000 current Nvidia employees and more than 63,000 shareholders have signed, the petition site says, asking the board to bring Huang back during an independent investigation.

A public petition calling on Nvidia's board to reinstate Jensen Huang had more than 115,000 signatures by Saturday afternoon, TechCrunch reports. According to the petition website, the signers include 5,965 current Nvidia employees, 1,108 former employees and 63,063 shareholders. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Replit CEO Amjad Masad and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney are among the supporters.

The signers say they are "concerned that Jensen was removed without meaningful due process" and ask the board to "bring him back while an independent investigation establishes the facts." The petition also asks for a fair investigation and more information for the public.

Huang resigned on Thursday, days after admitting a relationship with a chip executive whom a government memo identified as a suspected Chinese spy. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO while the board looks for a permanent replacement. Inside the company, staff had already backed Huang's return in an internal discussion with more than 1,600 comments. Nvidia's stock fell 2% on Friday.

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