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NVIDIA co-founder Jensen Huang stepped down as CEO effective November 12, 2026, following an affair scandal involving a woman suspected of being a spy. Despite the fact that whether she was actually a spy has never been confirmed, critics say Huang was forced out regardless — sparking a petition drive calling for his reinstatement. The petition, which has drawn support from current employees, has surpassed 100,000 signatures and stood at 140,000 at the time of writing. Reports note that high-profile figures including Elon Musk have also signed on. On 5ch, discussion threads split between questioning the circumstances of the resignation, its possible ties to China-export and tech-leak suspicions, and how much a petition could realistically do to overturn the company’s decision.
Petition Calling for Jensen Huang’s Return as NVIDIA CEO Tops 100,000 Signatures, Elon Musk and Others Sign – GIGAZINE
November 15, 2026, 5:53 PM
NVIDIA co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as CEO effective November 12, 2026 local time, after an affair scandal involving a woman suspected of being a spy became public. However, whether the woman was actually a spy has never been confirmed, and a petition is now underway calling on the board of directors to reinstate Huang as CEO, arguing that he was effectively ousted without due process. Current employees have joined the petition, which has surpassed 100,000 signatures in total and reached 140,000 at the time of writing.
Source: gigazine.net / Original article here
What people said
Just a leather-jacket guy's affair, that's all. ("leather jacket guy" = Jensen Huang's nickname online)
Wall Street money is already keeping its distance from Nvidia anyway.
What's spilled can't be put back in the bottle.
Don't tell me Musk is also subletting servers on the side?
There's probably a non-compete clause barring him from doing that for a few years.
When someone who's been steering the company for over 30 years leaves with zero handover, of course that's going to happen — anywhere would fall apart.
Beijing.
She's not coming back.
Obviously.
If she set foot in the US in this situation, they'd squeeze a confession out of her by any means necessary.
There's no way the FBI backs down and says 'oops, our mistake' at this point.
They'll fabricate whatever they need.
Still zero actual evidence to this day.
The CIA is scrambling to deny she was a spy, though.
There's no way those two get along — they're both one-man-show types.
He still physically controls the actual product, so if anything, they'll be the ones coming to bow and beg instead.
It's just a stock-price play.
Isn't this the same as TikTok — the US just taking it over?
Yeah, it's really pathetic.
Wasn't it a US company to begin with though?
Maybe sudden money just drove him crazy, lol
It took off big with graphics cards and became well-known back in the Windows 98/XP era, so it's had a presence for over 20 years.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The starting point for this debate is that Huang’s resignation moved forward even though the core question — whether his affair partner was genuinely a spy — was never confirmed. NVIDIA is a company where co-founder Huang had been at the center of management for more than 30 years, and the thread raised the view that no proper succession plan was in place for a successor. It’s easy to overlook that the petition drive has drawn support from current employees, meaning it’s not simply outside noise but carries an element of internal backing as well. On the other hand, some see China-export and tech-leak suspicions as the real background to the resignation, and opinions were divided over what Elon Musk’s motives might be in signing on. The truth of the spy allegation itself remains unconfirmed as of this writing, so any definitive take on it is still just speculation.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (News Flash+) thread “Petition Calling for Jensen Huang’s Return as NVIDIA CEO Tops 100,000 Signatures, Elon Musk and Others Sign.”
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