Nvidia employees press board to bring back Jensen Huang

More than 1,600 comments have piled up on an internal Nvidia suggestion-box post urging the board to bring Jensen Huang back, according to Wired, which reviewed the internal correspondence. "If you believe in the mission, bring back THE boss," one anonymous employee wrote.

Huang resigned as president, CEO and board member effective November 12, 2026. CFO Colette Kress, in the finance role since 2013, stepped into the interim CEO slot. The exit followed reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including one with a Chinese tech executive the New York Times said had been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security to learn about Nvidia's AI chips. Reuters later reported a third affair with an unnamed Nvidia employee.

The internal campaign is unusual on two fronts. Employees are pressing directors to explain why Huang was pushed out before the board's investigation was complete, and about two dozen staffers have gone public on LinkedIn backing their former boss. "We are all humans and can make mistakes," one wrote.

The stock sank to eight-month lows during the weekslong saga, and Huang has agreed to testify before Congress ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.