Elon Musk says he would hire Jensen Huang

Elon Musk said he would hire Jensen Huang if Nvidia's board removes its longtime chief executive. That would be an honor, Musk wrote on X on Wednesday evening, responding to a social media post asking him to hire the executive. The exchange came soon after a report that Nvidia directors were preparing to oust Huang following revelations about two extramarital relationships.

One relationship involved a woman whom US intelligence officials suspect of spying for China, according to the report and other news organizations. In 2010, Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison publicly defended and hired Mark Hurd after Hewlett Packard forced him out following an investigation.

Hurd eventually became Oracle co-chief executive before passing away in 2019. Huang cofounded Nvidia in 1993 and built it into a central force in modern computing technology. Musk companies are major users of AI computing systems and buy massive amounts of Nvidia hardware, making Huang expertise vital to their operations.

For now, Musk comment is an expression of interest rather than a formal job offer, according to Business Insider.