Photos show flowers outside Nvidia’s headquarters following Jensen Huang’s resignation

Flowers were placed outside Nvidia HQ in Santa Clara, Calif. Haven Daley/AP RIP, Nvidia under Jensen Huang.Several bouquets of flowers and at least one candle were photographed outside Nvidia's Santa Clara headquarters on Thursday after Huang resigned as CEO.The founder and longtime chief executive resigned Thursday morning in the midst of a scandal involving one confirmed extramarital affair and two reported others, and a board investigation into whether he was the target of a foreign intelligence operation. Flowers and a candle were left outside Nvidia's headquarters. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images On Thursday, several bundles of flowers sat against the Nvidia company sign in front of the company's headquarters. A man was also photographed adding a white candle in a glass jar in front of the sign. A man places a candle in front of an Nvidia sign outside the company's headquarters on Thursday. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images The apparent tributes to the tech executive highlight just how influential Huang had become as he helped Nvidia grow into one of the world's most valuable companies and a leader in the AI boom.Huang and his signature leather jacket had become largely synonymous with Nvidia, and he was one of the most visible figures in the AI revolution. Jensen Huang remains an influential figure in the tech world. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images Nvidia's future without Huang remains uncertain. Colette Kress, Nvidia's CFO, was announced as interim CEO while the company searches for a replacement.As of Thursday, the stock was down 13% since Friday's market close, before Huang's admission of infidelity and the board's investigation were announced.Following Huang's resignation, leaders in the business and tech world weighed in on what his absence will mean for Nvidia. A woman walks past the apparent tribute to Jensen Huang. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images On Thursday, workers carrying Nvidia's signature green badges and backpacks seemed to be going to work as normal amid the shake-up. Read next Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Kelsey Vlamis is a senior reporter for Business Insider, where she covers business and tech news. She also writes business stories about travel, luxury, and culture. Previously, she covered the environment, outdoors, and indigenous issues.Her feature story "Disaster at 18,200 feet" received awards from the New York Press Club and the North American Travel Journalists Association, as well as honorable mention from the Society of American Travel Writers. She has also received an American Journalism Online Award for her coverage on missing and murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming.She's appeared on CBS, NPR, NBC, and other outlets to discuss her reporting. She previously worked on the world news desk at the BBC in London and received a master's in journalism from Northwestern University.She can be reached by email at kvlamis@businessinsider.com or via the encrypted-messaging app Signal at kelseyv.21. Katherine Li is a reporter on Business Insider's West Coast business news team. She covers career, the future of work, and how AI is changing hiring practices and workplace trends.Previously, she was a newsroom fellow who wrote international breaking news and produced newsletters for Semafor. Before that, she wrote about climate policies for The Lever, covered the AAPI community for the SF Chronicle as a freelancer, and wrote about the 2019 Hong Kong protests as an intern for The New York Times.She is an alumna of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and a graduate of the international journalism program at Hong Kong Baptist University with minors in French and English literature. Email Katherine at katherineli@insider.com and follow her on Bluesky @katherineli.bsky.social.