Update: two major Nvidia investors have formally asked the company's board not to rush the choice of Jensen Huang's successor and to keep the Jensen Huang return among the options under consideration. This article updates Geekiki's coverage of the “Stand with Jensen” petition, which calls for the founder to return to lead the chipmaker.
The letter, dated November 13 and shared by Brad Gerstner, chief executive of Altimeter Capital, on X, was also signed by Gavin Baker of Atreides Management. Together, the two funds held about $2.1 billion in Nvidia shares as of June 30, according to CNBC — Altimeter alone held 9.4 million shares, worth nearly $1.9 billion, and Nvidia is the fund's largest publicly disclosed equity holding.
What the letter asks — and what it does not ask
The investors ask for a “slow, measured, and deliberate process” to decide Nvidia's leadership future, leaving “all options on the table, including the potential return of Jensen Huang.” The letter does not call for the founder's immediate reinstatement: it says that if the board decides against his return once all the facts are known, that is the board's prerogative, and that interim CEO Colette Kress will lead the company capably through the transition.
The investors' request differs from the “Stand with Jensen” petition, which asks for Huang to be reinstated while an independent investigation establishes the facts and had already passed 115,000 signatures, as Geekiki reported. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on X on November 13 that he had signed the petition too.
What remains open
Nvidia's board has not publicly responded to either the investors' letter or the petition. On November 13, the board said it was still selecting a search firm for the succession and had not formally engaged any candidate. Huang resigned on November 12, after 33 years leading the company he co-founded in 1993; the board accepted the resignation on November 11, and Nvidia gave no reason.
The resignation followed reports of an extramarital relationship between Huang and Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, an Nvidia customer that U.S. officials suspect of links to Chinese intelligence. The espionage allegations have not been confirmed, and the board said it has no evidence that proprietary technology was compromised. Huang has also agreed to testify before the U.S. Congress, with House and Senate interview requests set for December 1 and 3.
The next milestone is Nvidia's fiscal third-quarter results on Tuesday, November 17 — the first earnings report since Huang's departure, led by Kress.
Sources
- CNBC, via TradingView — Nvidia investors urge measured approach
- MLQ — Could Jensen Huang return to Nvidia?
- AI Affairs — Nvidia investors with $2.1 billion stake urge board to consider Huang's return
- Tikr — Over 100,000 want Jensen Huang back
- Geekiki — 'Stand with Jensen' petition asks for Jensen Huang's return to Nvidia
Image: Jensen Huang during a talk at Stanford University on April 30, 2026. Photo by Anders Eidesvik, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Transparency: this article was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence, cross-checking public posts on X and sources on the internet. We recommend consulting the original sources cited to confirm the facts.
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