# Elon Musk says he would hire Jensen Huang

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15 outlets covering · First listed: Business Insider, Nov 11, 2026, 8:28 PM · Read it: <https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-hire-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-if-board-ousts-2026-11>

Elon Musk says he'd hire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang amid reports of his potential ouster, echoing a Silicon Valley scandal from 2010.

AI summary (may contain mistakes): Reports that Nvidia’s board is preparing or considering removing CEO Jensen Huang drove Nvidia shares down more than 8% in after-hours trading, the New York Times reported. The reports follow allegations of extramarital affairs, including one with a woman U.S. officials reportedly suspect was a Chinese spy; Nvidia is investigating whether Huang was targeted, according to the AP. Sen. Kevin Cramer said Huang should resign.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 10, 2026, 9:30 AM: [Elon Musk was half right in his comment last week about SoftBank backpedaling on a gas-turbine order](<https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-was-half-right-in-his-comment-last-week-about-softbank-back-pedaling-on-a-gas-turbine-order-c293d335?mod=mw_rss_topstories>) — MarketWatch (Business & finance, United States)
  Elon Musk in a social-media post last week said that SoftBank “defaulted” on a gas-turbine order. The truth, revealed Tuesday in the Japanese’s investment company’s second-quarter earnings, wasn’t far off.
- Nov 10, 2026, 10:49 AM: [Aggressive rhetoric around Elon Musk could lead to another ‘Charlie Kirk situation’: Joe Concha](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4798585/aggressive-rhetoric-elon-musk-charlie-kirk-joe-concha/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States)
  Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said the aggressive rhetoric around Elon Musk could lead to another “Charlie Kirk situation.” “It’s going to lead to Elon Musk’s life being in danger,” Concha said Monday on Fox Business’s Kudlow. Musk’s home in Austin, Texas, was targeted over the weekend by protesters, organized by left-wing nonprofit groups, according
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:08 PM: [Nvidia Hires Wachtell Lipton to Investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s Affair With Chinese Executive](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/business/nvidia-wachtell-lipton-jensen-huang.html>) — New York Times (Newspaper, United States)
  Wachtell partner Joon H. Kim, a former acting U.S. attorney, is leading the inquiry into the chip maker’s chief executive.
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:24 PM: [Nvidia hires former US prosecutor at Wachtell to lead Jensen Huang probe](<https://www.ft.com/content/8d59bf02-960e-4eb1-b5dc-55397e31cea5?syn-25a6b1a6=1>) — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom)
  Former acting head of US attorney’s office for Southern District of New York tapped for investigation of CEO’s affair with alleged Chinese spy
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:25 PM: [Nvidia hires former acting US attorney Joon H. Kim and his law firm Wachtell Lipton to conduct a probe into Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese spy (New York Times)](<https://www.techmeme.com/261110/p43>) — Techmeme (Aggregator, United States)
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:26 PM: [Nvidia hires law firm Wachtell Lipton to lead Jensen Huang affair probe](<https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/10/nvidia-wachtell-lipton-huang-affair.html>) — CNBC (Business & finance, United States)
  On Sunday, Huang admitted to having an affair with a woman who has been connected to Chinese intelligence by reports in The New York Times and Financial Times.
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:51 PM: [Nvidia hires former acting U.S. attorney to probe Jensen Huang affair](<https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/ex-prosecutor-probe-jensen-huang-chinese-spy-affair-nvidia-rcna608628>) — NBC News (TV network, United States)
  Nvidia shares have tumbled by more than 10% since Monday, erasing almost $500 billion in market value.
- Nov 10, 2026, 3:04 PM: [Nvidia Hires Law Firm Once Retained By Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Amid Jensen Huang Affair Scandal](<https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/11/10/nvidia-hires-law-firm-once-retained-by-indian-billionaire-gautam-adani-amid-jensen-huang-affair-scandal/>) — Forbes (Magazine, United States)
  Nvidia said Tuesday it retained the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a woman U.S. officials believe to be a Chinese spy.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:20 PM: [Germany's Isar Aerospace eyes overtaking Elon Musk's SpaceX](<https://phys.org/news/2026-11-germany-isar-aerospace-eyes-elon.html>) — Phys.org (Science news)
  The head of Germany's Isar Aerospace voiced hope Tuesday that the company could one day overtake Elon Musk's SpaceX to become the world's premier space launch company.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:23 PM: [Nvidia hires former acting US attorney to investigate Jensen Huang](<https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6212083-nvidia-hired-former-us-attorney/>) — The Hill (Newspaper, United States)
  Nvidia announced Tuesday that it has hired a former acting U.S. attorney to investigate its CEO, Jensen Huang, following reports of his alleged intimate relationship with a woman U.S. intelligence officials believe was spying for China. “The independent members of the NVIDIA Board have retained former acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New…
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:16 AM: [How Verizon’s CEO is rolling out his ‘play-to-win’ playbook—and fending off Elon Musk](<https://fortune.com/2026/11/11/verizon-ceo-dan-schulman-play-to-win-playbook-elon-musk-starlink/>) — Fortune (Magazine, United States)
  Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
- Nov 11, 2026, 11:15 AM: [Elon Musk's Grok Build coding agent is leaking a serious amount of confidential data](<https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/elon-musks-grok-build-coding-agent-is-leaking-a-serious-amount-of-confidential-data>) — TechRadar (Digital news, United Kingdom)
  Default Grok Build options are wreaking havoc again - and even SpaceXSI wasn't safe from its own configurations.
- Nov 11, 2026, 1:49 PM: [Nvidia hires Wachtell to investigate reports about Jensen Huang’s relationship with alleged Chinese spy](<https://cryptobriefing.com/nvidia-wachtell-investigation-jensen-huang/>) — Crypto Briefing (Specialist)
  The investigation's outcome could reshape Nvidia's governance, impact investor trust, and influence its strategic position in AI and global markets.
- Nov 11, 2026, 3:19 PM: [Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts a Parabolic Stellar Lumens Rally: Can XLM Flip XRP?](<https://cryptonews.com/news/elon-musk-grok-ai-predicts-a-parabolic-stellar-lumens-rally-can-xlm-flip-xrp/>) — CryptoNews (Specialist)
  Stellar Lumens (XLM) currently trades near $0.145–$0.148 with a market capitalization around $5.2 billion, roughly one-thirteenth the size of XRP. However, Elon Musk’s Grok AI predicts that a single, highly improbable but not impossible catalyst could still ignite a parabolic advance capable of flipping XRP before January 1, 2027.In this dramatic scenario, Grok AI predicts
- Nov 11, 2026, 8:28 PM: [Elon Musk says he would hire Jensen Huang](<https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-hire-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-if-board-ousts-2026-11>) — Business Insider (Digital news, United States)
  Elon Musk says he'd hire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang amid reports of his potential ouster, echoing a Silicon Valley scandal from 2010.
