Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk, left, and Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang at the America.gov launch in Washington, DC, U.S., Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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EspaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it would be ‘an honor’ to hire people who are struggling Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, after reports emerged that Nvidia’s board may be preparing to oust Huang from the company.
On Wednesday evening in the United States, the financial blog Zerohedge wrote on X: “Elon, please hire Jensen”, to which Musk replied: “It would be an honor.”
The message comes as The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia’s board of directors was preparing to meet as early as Wednesday to discuss Huang’s future at the company.
The report also followed a New York Times article that claimed Huang was having an extramarital affair with another Nvidia executive. These developments caused Nvidia shares to fall more than 8% after hours.
Huang and Nvidia have been in the news since the weekend after Nvidia’s CEO admitted to an affair with Alice Huang, a company executive that U.S. intelligence identified as having been recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security.
Alice Huang, also known by her Chinese name Huang Le, was recruited to gather information on Jensen, according to people briefed on the intelligence cited by The New York Times.
The Nvidia chief sought to project a “status quo” atmosphere on his first day back in office after the revelations, but he now faces calls for resignation from several lawmakers.
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., a ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, on Wednesday reiterated his call for Huang’s resignation, joining Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a member of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is retiring from Congress.
“For his own conscience, he should resign,” Cramer told CNBC.
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