{"id":959,"date":"2026-11-13T19:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=959"},"modified":"2026-11-13T19:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:09:39","slug":"jensen-huang-commemorative-plaque-gone-famed-dennys-he-founded-nvidia-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"Jensen Huang commemorative plaque gone from famed Denny\u2019s where he founded Nvidia in wake of scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"av-in-brief\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong> A commemorative plaque marking the Silicon Valley Denny&#x27;s where Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 has been removed, just a day after Huang resigned as CEO amid reports of multiple affairs. The plaque, which sat above the booth Huang shared with co-founders Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, bore the inscription &#x27;The booth that launched a $1 trillion company.&#x27; Employees confirmed the plaque was gone, leaving only an empty patch of brick wall. Colette Kress, Nvidia&#x27;s chief financial officer and executive vice president, is serving as interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-faq\">\n<h2>Key questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Why was the Denny&#8217;s plaque honoring Nvidia&#8217;s founding removed?<\/h3>\n<p>The plaque was removed the day after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO following reports of multiple affairs, including an admitted affair with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang; two employees confirmed its removal, though no one would say who took it down.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is running Nvidia after Jensen Huang&#8217;s resignation?<\/h3>\n<p>Colette Kress, Nvidia&#8217;s chief financial officer and executive vice president, is serving as interim CEO while continuing in her current roles during the search for a permanent replacement, considering both internal and external candidates.<\/p>\n<h3>What did the Denny&#8217;s plaque say and when was it installed?<\/h3>\n<p>The plaque read &#8216;The booth that launched a $1 trillion company&#8217; and was installed during a 2023 ceremony at which Huang met with Denny&#8217;s CEO Kelli Valade to commemorate Nvidia&#8217;s 1993 founding at that San Jose location.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"av-schema\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Why was the Denny's plaque honoring Nvidia's founding removed?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The plaque was removed the day after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO following reports of multiple affairs, including an admitted affair with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang; two employees confirmed its removal, though no one would say who took it down.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Who is running Nvidia after Jensen Huang's resignation?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Colette Kress, Nvidia's chief financial officer and executive vice president, is serving as interim CEO while continuing in her current roles during the search for a permanent replacement, considering both internal and external candidates.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What did the Denny's plaque say and when was it installed?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The plaque read 'The booth that launched a $1 trillion company' and was installed during a 2023 ceremony at which Huang met with Denny's CEO Kelli Valade to commemorate Nvidia's 1993 founding at that San Jose location.\"}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/av-faq --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/11\/13\/business\/jensen-huang-commemorative-plaque-gone-from-famed-dennys-where-he-founded-nvidia-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post \u2014 Jensen Huang commemorative plaque gone from famed Denny\u2019s where he founded Nvidia in wake of scandals<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/11\/nvidia-jensen-huang-affair-scandal-trump-lutnick-bessent.html?via=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slate.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/jensen-huang-nvidia-megaspeed-alice-huang-china-89b2ec4c?mod=rss_usnews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/510820\/jensen-huang-nvidia-critics-hawks-populists-ai-safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vox<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/11\/13\/2026\/bessent-knocks-lutnick-on-megaspeed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Semafor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/business\/100000011275611\/why-jensen-huang-was-essential-to-nvidias-rise.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2026\/11\/13\/former-trump-ai-czar-david-sacks-spy-narrative-against-nvidia-founder-jensen-huang-collapsing-already\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breitbart News Network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1033051\/nvidia-jensen-huang-chips-gpu-supply-chain-climate-pollution\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia, Jensen Huang, AI, chip industry, corporate scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A commemorative plaque marking the Silicon Valley Denny&#8217;s where Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 has been removed, just a day after Huang resigned as\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25],"tags":[850,1138,840,528,527],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","category-tech-news","tag-ai","tag-chip-industry","tag-corporate-scandal","tag-jensen-huang","tag-nvidia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}