Nvidia Staff Petition for Jensen Huang Return as 60,000 Sign On

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Whoa! NVIDIA is rapidly staging an "Altman" palace drama 2.0—

Employees collectively signed a joint petition, demanding Jensen Huang's return!

Even Musk signed it...

A petition demanding the restoration of Jensen Huang's position is underway, folks, I've already charged in.

Truly a good brother! Only in times of crisis does true loyalty shine (not really)

But the board may not comply.

Reports say NVIDIA's board has secretly contacted Arm CEO Rene Haas, considering him as a potential successor to Jensen Huang.

And Haas was an executive at NVIDIA in his early years.

Board vs. employees, Jobs or Altman—Jensen Huang is standing at the center of the storm.

"Come back, Jensen!"

One stone stirs a thousand waves.

Support for Jensen Huang has spread from inside the company to the entire Silicon Valley.

His supporters have publicly launched an independent petition called "33 Years Deserve an Answer", calling for Jensen Huang's return to the CEO position.

Over 60,000 people have signed so far, and the number is still surging.

Among them are former and current NVIDIA employees, partners, and shareholders.

Such as Musk.

The petition has three main demands:

1. Restore Jensen Huang's CEO position before an independent investigation is completed and relevant facts are confirmed.
2. Disclose the investigation framework and timeline to safeguard Jensen Huang's right to defend himself.
3. Fully explain the board's decision-making rationale to employees and shareholders.

This is also the opinion of the vast majority of internal employees.

According to WIRED, an internal suggestion post asking the board to consider employee opinions has accumulated over 1,600 comments, most of which support Jensen Huang's return.

The post was published by a senior engineer before Jensen Huang's resignation.

Then on local time November 12, NVIDIA suddenly announced that Jensen Huang had resigned from his positions as President, CEO, and Director, effective immediately.

Long-time CFO Colette Kress took over as interim CEO, and the company simultaneously began searching for a permanent successor.

Subsequently, more employees flooded the post, leaving messages calling to "bring the boss back".

Some even sent company-wide emails demanding a more transparent explanation of the entire process of Jensen Huang's departure.

I'm rooting for Jensen! No one is a saint—who among us hasn't made mistakes? Honestly, surely we're not going to just "one-click block" the leader who brought us all this way?

Some even said outright:

NVIDIA became NVIDIA entirely because of Jensen Huang.

You know what, that statement is actually not wrong.

How unconventional is NVIDIA's organizational structure? Dozens of relevant leaders report directly to him.

At its peak, Jensen's direct reports numbered over 60 people, covering memory, CPU, GPU, architecture, algorithms, and various other areas.

This is how it is internally, and externally he's equally responsive.

Alex Cheema, founder of startup exolabs, shared his experience of being stunned by Jensen's drive.

In June this year, team members sent Jensen Huang an email proposing a bold idea: increase local AI performance on NVIDIA hardware by 10x.

As a result, just 7 minutes after the email was sent, Jensen personally replied and directly approved the team to set up a dedicated project war room at NVIDIA headquarters.

Not only that, NVIDIA also arranged intensive technical exchanges. Developers of CUDA and Dynamo, as well as engineers who participated in NVIDIA's early development, all proactively offered help, ultimately achieving a 9.6x performance acceleration through collaboration.

Honestly, a CEO willing to bet on small companies like this—it's hard to imagine finding another one.

NVIDIA's leap to industry leadership today is also inseparable from Jensen's decade-long unwavering commitment to CUDA.

In the early years, with few applications and returns slow to materialize, he withstood skepticism and led the team to bring GPUs step by step into the AI era, which is what gave NVIDIA its position in the AI computing power field today.

Jensen is no longer just NVIDIA's CEO—calling him a technology bellwether and soul figure is not an exaggeration.

Jobs to Apple, as Jensen Huang to NVIDIA.

Succession Rumors Point to Arm's Chief

But the board clearly doesn't see it that way.

Whether cutting losses to survive or a delaying tactic, the board has already begun searching for "the next Jensen Huang."

The Financial Times reported that NVIDIA's board contacted Arm CEO Rene Haas while searching for a potential successor to Jensen Huang.

This is not unfounded.

Haas served as Vice President and General Manager of NVIDIA's computing products business in 2006, moved to Arm in 2013, then held management positions in strategic alliances, commercial, and IP product businesses, becoming Arm CEO in 2022.

In other words, he has both an NVIDIA background and experience managing another important chip technology company.

For a company that suddenly lost its long-time helmsman, such a resume is indeed impressive.

However, NVIDIA subsequently stated:

The company is still selecting a headhunting firm to assist in the search for a successor, and speculation about specific candidates is currently "premature."

Well then... why not give Su a chance? You're all relatives anyway (doge)

Seriously though, the industry still generally leans toward Colette Kress and Ian Buck.

The former has long been responsible for the company's finances and has been officially appointed interim CEO; the latter participated in the development of the CUDA software ecosystem and oversees the company's hyperscale AI-related product business.

Both are long-time company veterans and are more familiar with NVIDIA's daily operations.

As for where Jensen goes from here, it remains an unsolved mystery.

Perhaps he could go seek advice from Altman, or accept Musk's olive branch:

One More Thing

The outside world is in turmoil, but guess what Jensen Huang is doing?

Foreign media dug into it—

At this very moment, Jensen Huang is sitting in his $38 million San Francisco mansion.

Having a great time with family and friends, eating fried chicken and munching on fries.

The world's in chaos—better eat it while it's hot.

Reference links: [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/arms-haas-approached-by-nvidia-board-part-ceo-search-ft-reports-2026-11-13/ [2] https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2121345211959804234 [3] https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16289029/Huang-family-friends-huddle-Nvidia-crisis-talks-bags-fried-chicken-delivered-38m-San-Francisco-mansion.html [4] https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-employees-petition-for-jensen-huangs-return/