A volunteer-led petition urging Nvidia’s board to reinstate former CEO Jensen Huang has drawn more than 58,000 signatures, including prominent technology and finance figures, even as organizers work to purge fake submissions and caution supporters against impostor accounts.

The campaign, known as Stand with Jensen, operates independently of Nvidia and Huang. Its website presents an open letter to the company’s directors calling for Huang’s return as chief executive while an independent investigation continues. If the board determines his absence must continue, the letter requests a detailed, evidence-based explanation. It also seeks disclosure of the investigation’s scope, independence and timeline, along with an opportunity for Huang to respond before any final decision and clarity on how employee and shareholder interests were weighed.

On November 14 the campaign’s official account stated that its team was actively cleaning up submissions and taking steps to limit further abuse of the petition page. Organizers identified @TheJensenLetter as their sole official account on the platform and warned followers not to rely on any other profiles claiming to speak for the effort.

Self-Reported Signatures and Notable Backers

The petition site lists signers who identify themselves as current Nvidia employees, former employees or shareholders. Those affiliations are self-reported and are not independently verified by the organizers. Public entries can shift as individuals add or withdraw their names or as organizers reorder the display.

As of November 14 the tally stood at 58,086 signatures. Of those, 3,703 identified as current employees, 595 as former employees and 32,077 as shareholders. Earlier counts had shown more than 30,000 total signatures, including roughly 2,500 current employees, 350 former employees and more than 17,000 shareholders under the same self-reporting system.

Among the named supporters are Elon Musk, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee and Replit Chief Executive Amjad Masad. Lee, whose company focuses on Ethereum treasury activities, publicly noted his signature. Masad contacted the site’s operator after a surge in traffic temporarily overloaded the page, helping to raise capacity limits so the petition could resume normal operation.

Leadership Transition at Nvidia

Nvidia announced on November 12 that Huang had resigned as president, chief executive and a member of the board, with the changes effective immediately. The company named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress interim CEO and launched a search for a permanent successor that will consider both internal and external candidates. Directors also appointed Harvey C. Jones as the company’s first board chair.

Kress, who joined Nvidia in 2013 and has led its finance organization during its expansion in accelerated computing, will continue her finance responsibilities during the transition. Nvidia stated that operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap would proceed without interruption. The leadership change followed an independent board investigation. The company said it had no reason to believe that national security or confidential company information had been compromised.

Huang had led Nvidia for 33 years and was a co-founder. The petition frames its request around the view that he deserves a fair hearing and due process before any permanent separation from the role.

Market and Operational Context

The announcement of Huang’s departure prompted sharp moves in markets linked to Nvidia shares, including liquidations in crypto derivatives markets tied to the stock. Nvidia has kept its third-quarter fiscal 2027 results scheduled for November 17, with the release expected around 1:20 p.m. Pacific time and an earnings call to follow.

Organizers of the petition have not disclosed the exact number of false signatures removed or the specific screening methods now in place. They continue to describe the effort as an independent volunteer campaign with no formal connection to Nvidia or Huang, and they present the listed supporters as individuals speaking in a personal capacity.