NVIDIA employees petition for Jensen Huang's return, with over 1,600 internal discussion comments

Some NVIDIA employees are calling for former CEO Jensen Huang to return. A long-serving engineer submitted feedback through the company's internal suggestion channel before Jensen Huang's resignation, requesting the board to consider employee sentiments before taking action and to publish the survey results, formally soliciting employee opinions on Jensen Huang continuing as CEO. This matter has accumulated over 1,600 comments, the majority of which support Jensen Huang's reinstatement. Another employee sent an email to the entire company, requesting increased transparency regarding Jensen Huang's departure.

Jensen Huang has led the company since NVIDIA's founding in 1993. In an email sent to employees on Sunday, he admitted to infidelity and stated that there were "no excuses." The board announced his resignation on Thursday morning, following media reports alleging that he had an extramarital affair with a direct subordinate; Reuters subsequently reported that he was also alleged to have had an affair with another NVIDIA employee. Jensen Huang has not responded to related reports since the Sunday email. The board has appointed Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO and appointed former Synopsys CEO Harvey Jones as chairman.