Elon Musk said he would hire Jensen Huang if Nvidia’s board removes its longtime CEO.
“That would be an honor,” Musk wrote on X Wednesday evening, responding to a post from financial news account ZeroHedge that said: “Elon please hire Jensen.”
The exchange came soon after The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia’s board was preparing to oust Huang following revelations about two extramarital relationships.
One involved a woman whom US intelligence officials suspect of spying for China, according to WSJ and other news organizations including The New York Times. That allegation has not been independently confirmed by Business Insider.
Musk’s response recalls another Silicon Valley scandal.
In 2010, Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison publicly defended Mark Hurd after Hewlett-Packard’s board forced him out following an investigation involving allegations of sexual harassment and inaccurate expense reports. The board found no evidence of harassment but ousted Hurd over expense-reporting issues.
Ellison went a step further, hiring Hurd as Oracle’s co-president just weeks later. Hurd eventually became Oracle’s co-CEO, before passing away in 2019.
Huang, who cofounded Nvidia in 1993, has become one of the most influential figures in the AI industry. His company’s chips power much of the AI boom.
Musk’s companies are major users of AI computing technology and are huge buyers of Nvidia GPUs, making Huang’s expertise incredibly valuable.
For now, Musk’s comment is an expression of interest, not a formal job offer.
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