"A sad day for humanity." How Huang's resignation was reacted to

On November 12, Nvidia announced the resignation of founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who led the company for 33 years. The decision follows reports of his romantic relationship with a woman whom U.S. authorities suspect has ties to Chinese intelligence as well as a subordinate.

The company's decision drew criticism from entrepreneurs, who considered Huang's departure a mistake and praised his contribution to the technology industry.

Donald Trump, President of the United States

Now that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has done a fantastic job, has stepped down, only one person can take his place: Apple’s Tim Cook. Legend replaces legend!, Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram

Durov called Huang’s mistake to have Nvidia’s board of directors and advised entrepreneurs not to create such a governing body. The board of directors is going to get you anyway. Founders: Do not create a board of directors. Be your own board of directors, he wrote.

Elon Musk, head of Tesla and SpaceX

Musk admitted that he could hire Huang. Responding to a post suggesting a former Nvidia executive be hired, he wrote: "It would be an honor for me.".

He also echoed the view that tech founders cannot simply be replaced by hired managers. User X recalled the fate of Steve Jobs, fired from Apple in 1985, and Travis Kalanick, who left the post of head of Uber in 2017. "True words," Musk replied.

Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance

The former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance called Nvidia’s decision wrong. "Nvidia made the mistake of allowing Jensen to resign," Zhao wrote in X.

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games

Sweeney called Huang's resignation "a sad day for Nvidia, developers, America and all of humanity.".

Huang has managed to create one of the few companies that has been able to achieve huge scale while retaining the ability to innovate continuously. At the same time, other technology corporations, Sweeney believes, have focused on making profits.

Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, OpenAI

Steinberger suggested that Huang's resignation could play into the hands of Chinese intelligence agencies if their goal was to destabilize Nvidia. The decision to leave Huang, he called hasty and wrong.

“If this spy’s goal was to destabilize one of America’s most successful companies, then he achieved his goal,” he wrote.

Aravind Srinivas, Founder and CEO of Perplexity

Srinivas thanked Huang for “33 years of courageous leadership.” "You turned a small startup into America's most valuable company by constantly improving," he wrote.