Jensen Huang has been discussing a possible comeback as Nvidia’s chief executive, days after the board pushed him out, the Financial Times reported. Bloomberg relayed the report on Sunday.
Huang resigned on Thursday. He had admitted an affair with Alice Huang, whom US officials suspect of spying for China, and was reported to have had another with an Nvidia vice president. The two Huangs are not related, and Beijing denies the spying claims.
Several Silicon Valley allies have begun lobbying for his return, the FT said. Two of them are Nvidia investors. In a letter to the board posted on X, Altimeter’s Brad Gerstner and Atreides’ Gavin Baker urged a slow and deliberate approach to choosing a successor.
That approach should include “the potential return of Jensen Huang,” they wrote.
Washington is pulling the other way. On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that Nvidia needs a dramatic shakeup in its leadership. He said it should look outside the company for its next chief.
Bessent has made the scandal about chips, not private life. On Friday he said anyone at Nvidia should be held accountable if its chips leaked to China.
A return would also have to survive the board’s own inquiry, which is run by Wachtell Lipton. Huang is expected to testify before Congress, and Nvidia reports results on Tuesday under interim chief executive Colette Kress.