The key facts

  • Not a single Nvidia employee supported Jensen Huang's resignation, according to a petition on the corporate portal
  • The post calling on the board of directors gathered more than 1,600 comments
  • CFO Colette Kress has been appointed interim CEO

Staff Spoke Out Against the Resignation

Not a single Nvidia employee supported Jensen Huang's resignation from the post of the company's head. According to Wired, this was the outcome shown by a petition posted on the corporate portal. Before the announcement of Huang's departure, one of the company's experienced engineers published a post on the internal portal, calling on the board of directors to heed the team's position before issuing a verdict. The publication gathered more than 1,600 comments. 'We are all human and can make mistakes. Jensen has done so much good, he deserves a second chance,' one of the employees wrote anonymously.

What Preceded the Resignation

On November 12, Nvidia announced that Huang had resigned from the post of CEO; CFO Colette Kress was appointed interim head. The reason was an espionage scandal: at the beginning of the month, the company launched an independent investigation after reports of an alleged Chinese espionage operation against Huang. The reason was publications about his romantic relationship with entrepreneur Alice Huang, whom US intelligence agencies suspect of cooperating with Chinese intelligence. In an open letter, Huang admitted to employees that he had been unfaithful in his marriage, apologized to colleagues, the board of directors, and shareholders, and promised to work on restoring trust. Earlier, Elon Musk expressed his readiness to hire the head of Nvidia.