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Musk backs a petition to reinstate Jensen Huang, and Gerstner and Baker write Nvidia's board

The board opened a national-security review of Huang on November 8, and nobody has said it's finished.

By Think Facility · November 14, 2026 · AI business AI policy Save

Part of a running story: Nvidia huang megaspeed briefing (4 parts)

On November 13, 2026, the day after Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia's chief executive, Elon Musk said on X that he was signing a petition to bring him back. That evening Brad Gerstner and Gavin Baker each posted that they'd sent a letter to Nvidia's board.

The decision sits with the board. Nvidia's board said on November 12 that it's searching for a permanent CEO and will look at internal and external candidates, with chief financial officer Colette Kress running the company in the meantime.

Resigned

Jensen Huang, as President, Chief Executive Officer and board member, effective immediately

Interim CEO

Colette Kress, who stays Chief Financial Officer

New role

Harvey C. Jones, first-ever Chair of the Board

Next date

third-quarter results on Tuesday, November 17

Who said what

The posts came within about four hours of each other on Friday afternoon and evening, Eastern time.

1. 3:28 pmJensen Stand With Jensen letter
2. 3:51 pmMusk Musk signs on
3. 6:47 pmGerstner Gerstner writes the board
4. 7:34 pmBaker Baker joins

Nov 13, Eastern time, read off each post on X.

Musk's post is a reply, and it's short. He doesn't link the petition or say who started it.

An account called Stand With Jensen had posted an open letter about 20 minutes earlier. Its post asks for a fair process for Huang, after 33 years building Nvidia, and for the truth (I can't tell from the saved posts whether that's the petition Musk means).

Gerstner posted first. He frames the letter as a floor the board has to meet for shareholders.

Baker posted the same letter about 45 minutes later, called it a first for @atreidesmgmt and said he shared Gerstner's view of it. Both posts attach the letter as an image. I haven't read the letter itself, so I'm not reporting what it asks the board to do.

Why the board's process matters past Nvidia

The board's own reason for looking into Huang was national security. On November 8, it opened an independent investigation after reporting that Huang had been the target of a foreign intelligence effort, run by a committee of independent directors with outside counsel. That statement says the board prioritizes U.S. national and economic security, and that it had no reason to believe national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised.

None of the saved statements says whether that investigation has finished. The November 12 release doesn't mention it, and none of Friday's posts does either. That's the gap I'd want closed before anyone decides who runs the company.

Nvidia calls itself the world leader in AI and accelerated computing, and the board tied its own review to the country's security. A CEO change there is a question for Washington as well as for Santa Clara. Kress's statement says the company's focus stays on customers, partners, developers and shareholders.

The next fixed date is Nvidia's third-quarter fiscal 2027 results, due on Tuesday, November 17, at about 1:20 p.m. Pacific, with the earnings call at 2 p.m.