Tim Sweeney urged Nvidia to keep CEO Jensen Huang, while Elon Musk said hiring Huang would be an honor. Nvidia’s board was reportedly considering Huang’s future, BBC live coverage said, but no decision had been announced.
Sweeney called on Nvidia to “Save Jensen,” comparing Huang’s possible removal to Apple firing Steve Jobs. He praised Huang’s leadership from gaming GPUs through CUDA to AI supercomputers and argued that losing him would harm the United States.
Save Jensen.
This would be an Apple firing Steve Jobs level of idiocy from NVIDIA’s board if they did that, and a grievous harm to the United States of America.
The dude truly is the visionary driver of the future of tech from the gaming GPU era to CUDA to AI supercomputers. https://t.co/D8lOTtl9qw
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) November 12, 2026
In follow-up posts, Sweeney objected to replacing a leading technology visionary with the company’s “money guy,” warning that a finance-focused successor could put Nvidia and its shareholders at risk.
Wow what a ridiculous shitshow it would be to replace one of the leading technology visionaries of the modern era with the company’s money guy. The NVIDIA board would literally be burning the company down at the shareholders expense and grievously harming the USA.
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) November 12, 2026
Sweeney also warned that appointing a CEO with an “extractive hedge fund mindset” could start a decline at Nvidia and damage U.S. tech leadership.
If the politically motivated arsonists calling for Jensen's ouster succeed and the board appoints an extractive hedge fund mindset CEO, it will be the end of beginning of Nshitification and decline, grievously damaging American tech leadership.
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) November 12, 2026
The board speculation came after Huang acknowledged an affair earlier in the week. A Nov. 11 New York Times report, citing five Nvidia employees, alleged a second affair involving Huang and Nvidia vice president of healthcare Kimberly Powell. Huang has not publicly acknowledged the second allegation.
Musk replied to an X user who suggested he hire Huang if Nvidia’s board moved against him. “That would be an honor,” Musk wrote. His response welcomed the idea but did not announce a job offer.
That would be an honor
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 12, 2026
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