A website calling for Jensen Huang's reinstatement as Nvidia chief executive has gathered more than 19,000 displayed signatures, according to the campaign page, while two prominent shareholders have urged the board to avoid rushing a permanent succession decision during an independent investigation.
The campaign, hosted on a standalone site titled 'Stand with Jensen,' asks Nvidia's board to restore Huang as CEO until the inquiry is completed. The site showed 19,101 signatures at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on Nov. 14, though it does not identify the individuals or group behind the petition.
Its demands extend beyond Huang's return. The letter asks the board to publish the scope of the investigation, explain how the inquiry is being conducted independently, provide an expected completion date, and allow Huang to respond to the allegations or concerns under review. It also seeks a board explanation of the evidence being considered and how directors are weighing the interests of employees and shareholders.
The campaign has become a public pressure point as Nvidia faces the difficult combination of a leadership search, an internal investigation, and a workforce response centered on the company's long-serving founder.
Shareholders urge board to preserve its options
Brad Gerstner, founder and chief executive of Altimeter Capital Management, and Gavin Baker, managing partner and chief investment officer of Atreides Management, separately sent a joint letter to Nvidia's board asking directors to slow the succession process, according to the material provided.
The two shareholders argued that the board should preserve all available options while it gathers facts, including the possibility of Huang returning to the role. Their intervention gives the reinstatement effort a more formal corporate dimension than an employee-led online campaign alone, although neither manager's letter changes the board's authority over the CEO appointment.
Gerstner and Baker pointed to interim CEO Colette Kress and the existing leadership team as a source of continuity while directors assess permanent leadership choices. Kress, Nvidia's longtime chief financial officer, would be positioned to manage day-to-day operations during the transition under that view, reducing the immediate need for the board to select a successor before the investigation reaches a conclusion.
Their argument appears to rest on timing rather than a direct demand that the board reverse its decision immediately. A slower process could give directors more room to assess the investigation's findings, employee sentiment, and the company's operational needs before making an irreversible appointment.
That approach also places pressure on the board to show that its process is deliberate. A sudden departure by a founder after 33 years would leave the company managing questions about leadership continuity alongside scrutiny of the reasons for the change.
Petition draws high-profile names but identity checks are unclear
The 'Stand with Jensen' page says its signatories include current and former employees, business partners, shareholders, and other supporters. The public list includes entries bearing the names of Elon Musk, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen, and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
Musk wrote on X that he intended to sign the letter, and the petition page later displayed an entry bearing his name. The presence of other high-profile names is harder to assess from the page alone because the site does not describe a strict identity-verification system for signers.
That limitation matters in a campaign built around a raw signature count. Online petitions can demonstrate that a dispute has gained public visibility, but they do not establish how many entries represent current employees, verified shareholders, or authenticated supporters. The more consequential pressure on the board is likely to come from identifiable shareholders, employees, customers, and business partners who can engage directly with company governance.
The petition nevertheless gives critics of the board a single public platform. Its central message is that Huang should be restored before the investigation concludes, rather than treated as a candidate only after directors finish their review.
An investigation and succession process now run in parallel
The board has not publicly detailed the issues being examined beyond references to an independent investigation, according to the supplied account. That leaves the company facing a difficult communications challenge: explain enough about its process to retain confidence without compromising an inquiry that may involve sensitive personnel, governance, or business matters.
Calls for greater disclosure are likely to persist if the succession process advances faster than the investigation. Installing a permanent replacement before the inquiry is complete could intensify criticism from those who believe Huang has not been given a sufficient opportunity to respond. Delaying too long, meanwhile, could prolong uncertainty for employees, customers, and partners planning around Nvidia's leadership.
The dispute also tests the board's ability to separate two related decisions. One concerns the facts and conclusions of the independent investigation. The other concerns who should lead the company over the short and long term. Shareholders backing a slower process are effectively asking directors to avoid allowing the second decision to outrun the first.
A token reportedly created around the reinstatement campaign had reached a market value of about $520,000 on Nov. 14, according to the supplied material. Such themed tokens do not offer a reliable measure of corporate support or governance outcomes, particularly when their trading can be driven by social-media attention and rapidly changing rumors.
The board's next public steps will shape whether the campaign remains an online protest or develops into a broader shareholder and employee challenge. Clearer information on the investigation's timetable, the authority of interim management, and the criteria for choosing a permanent CEO would address the practical questions now driving the reinstatement push.
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