Nvidia Employees Push Board to Bring Back Jensen Huang: Report
Nvidia employees are urging the company's board to reinstate former CEO Jensen Huang, who resigned after reports of extramarital relationships, according to internal correspondence reviewed by Wired.
An internal "suggestion box" post submitted by a longtime engineer has drawn more than 1,600 comments from Nvidia employees, many of whom are urging the board to bring back former CEO Jensen Huang. The post, submitted prior to Huang's resignation, called on the board to take employee sentiment into account and share the findings of its investigation with staff.
"If you believe in the mission, bring back THE boss," one anonymous commenter wrote. Another employee went further, sending a companywide email demanding transparency about Huang's exit and declaring: "I stand by Jensen." In the hours following Huang's departure, some two dozen Nvidia employees posted supportive messages on LinkedIn, while Wired reported it could not find any employee posts backing his departure.
Huang's Exit
Huang resigned as Nvidia's president, CEO and board member on Thursday, ending a 33-year tenure at the company he co-founded. Chief financial officer Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO, and Harvey Jones, a former CEO of Synopsys, became the board's first chair. Nvidia did not give a reason for the resignation.
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