Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., left, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp., during the launch of America.gov in Washington, DC, U.S., Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it would be “an honor” to hire embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after reports emerged that Nvidia’s board of directors may be preparing to oust Huang from the company. On Wednesday night in the United States, financial blog Zerohedge wrote on X: “Elon, please hire Jensen,” to which Musk responded: “That would be an honor.” Wednesday to discuss Huang’s future at the company. The report also followed a New York Times story that Huang had an extramarital affair with another Nvidia executive. The developments caused Nvidia shares to fall more than 8% in after-hours trading. Stock Chart IconHuang and Nvidia have dominated the headlines since the weekend after the Nvidia CEO acknowledged an affair with Alice Huang, a business executive whom U.S. intelligence identified as being recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security. Alice Huang, also known by her Chinese name Huang Le, was recruited to gather information on Jensen, according to people briefed on the intelligence cited by The New York Times. The Nvidia boss tried to project a “business as usual” atmosphere on his first day back in office after the revelations, but now faces calls from several lawmakers for him to resign. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R.N.D., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, on Wednesday reiterated his call for Huang to resign, joining Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., a member of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is retiring from Congress. “As a matter of conscience, I should resign,” Cramer told CNBC.
