Elon Musk and an Uber co-founder were among more than 158,000 signatories by Sunday demanding Jensen Huang’s reinstatement as Nvidia chief pending an independent investigation. Huang resigned Thursday after revelations of two extramarital affairs, one with a subordinate and another with a woman accused of spying for China, ending his 33-year tenure.
Tech tycoon Elon Musk and an Uber co-founder are, as of Sunday, among more than 158,000 signatories of an open letter calling for Jensen Huang's reinstatement as Nvidia chief.
The letter demands that the company's board members "bring Jensen back while an independent investigation establishes the facts."
Huang resigned Thursday, ending a 33-year run at the helm of the AI giant he co-founded after revelations he had two extramarital affairs, with a woman accused of spying for China and another with a subordinate.
Alongside the SpaceX chief, the tech heavyweight signatories include Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of video game publisher Epic Games, and Garry Tan, president of Y Combinator, San Francisco's most renowned business incubator.
Another signatory, Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, wrote that Huang had "erred, yes -- to err is to be human -- but I do not believe anything he has done rises to the bar of separating him from his company."
