Musk endorses move to reinstate Huang at Nvidia

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressed support for a petition to reinstate former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who resigned following an alleged extramarital affair. Musk, who has previously highlighted the importance of founders, said in a post on X, "A petition is underway to reinstate Jensen, and I'm signing it too."

The controversy surrounding Huang's resignation intensified after reports surfaced of his alleged relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman with suspected ties to Chinese intelligence services. Huang reportedly had an intimate relationship with another Nvidia employee, vice president of healthcare Kimberly Powell, who was captured on video behaving affectionately with him at an Nvidia conference in March.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Huang acknowledged his unfaithfulness to his wife and apologized for violating her trust in a letter to Nvidia employees. These revelations have added to questions about Huang's leadership at the technology company. Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and transformed it into one of the world's leading suppliers of artificial intelligence chips, becoming a prominent figure in the global AI industry.