Jensen Huang is not perfect. Neither was Steve Jobs. Neither is Bill Gates. Neither am I. Neither are you. The question is not whether Huang should be held accountable for his actions, but why billions of people should pay the price for everything he has done right.

This is a direct appeal to every Nvidia employee, without exception: force the board to reinstate Jensen Huang as CEO.

Not because I believe he is perfect. Not because I agree with what he has done wrong to his dear wife and family. And certainly not because his professional achievements should place him above the law.

But because I refuse to accept the absurd notion that a person's weaknesses, personal failings or mistakes should deprive humanity of the extraordinary good that person is capable of delivering.

Personal wrongdoing should not automatically invalidate a person's professional achievements or deprive society of their future contributions. Accountability is not the same as destruction.

A person can deserve serious consequences for personal misconduct while still possessing extraordinary abilities that benefit employees, shareholders, investors, business partners and society.

Nobody is perfect. Not at the top, not in the middle, and not at the bottom. Not even the people condemning Huang, judging him or demanding his removal.

We are dealing with human beings, not saints.

And as an AI developer, I can tell you something: as far as artificial intelligence is from perfection, human intelligence is hardly any closer. We are all imperfect, and demanding perfection as a condition for making a valuable contribution to humanity is a recipe for collective failure.

Nobody should be above accountability. But neither should anyone's contribution to humanity be erased simply because they are not the person we wish they were.

The good Huang has brought to billions of people does not erase the pain he may have caused his wife. And the pain he may have caused his wife does not erase the good he has brought to billions of people.

This is not about forgiveness. It is not about punishment. It is about the future.

We should trust the American authorities to do their job professionally, independently and in the best interests of the United States. If Huang has violated American law, compromised national security or committed any other offence, let the appropriate authorities investigate, prosecute where justified and hold him fully accountable.

Any credible allegations involving corporate misconduct, conflicts of interest or foreign intelligence must also be properly investigated. These are serious matters, and nobody's professional achievements should exempt them from scrutiny.

But an investigation is not a conviction. An allegation is not a verdict. And professional accountability must be based on established facts, not public outrage.

We should equally trust Jensen Huang's wife to decide what is best for herself, her family, her rights and her interests. She does not need Nvidia's employees, shareholders, journalists or the public deciding what she should forgive, demand or do. Those decisions belong to her.

We are not his wife. We are not his family. We are not the police, the prosecutors or the courts. It is not our job to punish him, and it is not our job to forgive him. Our responsibility is the public good.

That public good includes protecting the enormous professional value that Huang has created and remains capable of creating.

Why should Nvidia's employees, investors, shareholders, business partners, the global development community and billions of people worldwide be punished for his personal failings when personal accountability and professional contribution can be judged separately?

Removing the man who took Nvidia to the top of the world, and who may be uniquely capable of keeping it there, is not necessarily morality. It may be corporate suicide disguised as righteousness.

Consider what Huang has delivered.

He has created extraordinary wealth and benefits for investors and shareholders, built one of the world's most valuable companies, generated immense opportunities for business partners, suppliers and entire industries, and helped transform the technological and financial prospects of countless businesses and individuals.

This argument is particularly compelling in Jensen Huang's case because his contribution extends far beyond Nvidia. He helped build an ecosystem that has generated enormous economic value and accelerated technological progress across industries.

He did not merely build a successful company. He helped build an economic and technological ecosystem that has created fortunes, businesses, careers and opportunities across the world.

His shareholders have benefited enormously. His business partners have grown alongside him. His employees have helped build something extraordinary. And humanity has gained technologies that are transforming what we can achieve.

Destroying that leadership does not punish Jensen Huang alone. It punishes everyone who depends on what he has built and what he can still build.

Are we really prepared to jeopardise all of that in the name of punishing a man for conduct that should be addressed through the appropriate personal, corporate and legal channels?

What exactly would that achieve? Who would benefit? And what gives anyone the moral right to make millions of innocent people pay for one man's wrongdoing?

I do not work for Nvidia. I am not Chinese. I am one of the many people whose lives Nvidia has transformed, enabling me to build wealth, create technologies and contribute to society on a scale I could never have imagined without it.

And no, I do not blindly admire everything Nvidia does. I am deeply frustrated by how difficult it is to obtain the graphics cards I need for my developments. I am even more frustrated by the outrageous prices I have to pay for them.

But I can distinguish between what frustrates me personally and what advances humanity.

Nor am I for China or against China. Relations between China and the United States are matters for their governments. They should not turn ordinary citizens, engineers, innovators and developers into enemies of one another.

We develop solutions. We create. We build the future. We are not politicians, and we should never discriminate for or against anyone because of their nationality, ethnicity or origins.

Jensen Huang must be held fully accountable for anything he has done wrong. But the world should not be made to suffer by losing everything he can still do right.

And that is precisely why Nvidia's employees must act.

You know what Huang has achieved. You know the company he helped build. You know what his leadership has meant to your careers, your shareholders, your business partners and the technological future of the world.

You have every reason to demand that his professional future be determined by evidence, sound judgement and the interests of the company and the wider world, rather than by the desire to demonstrate public outrage.

Do not stand silently by. Organise. Make your voices heard. Demand answers from the board. Use every legitimate means of collective pressure available to you to secure Jensen Huang's reinstatement.

And to Nvidia's investors, shareholders and business partners: you have every reason to make your voices heard too. Your interests, your investments and the future of the extraordinary enterprise Huang helped create are also at stake.

Demand accountability from the board. Demand that its decisions reflect the company's long-term interests. Demand that Huang's extraordinary record and future contribution receive the weight they deserve.

And to Nvidia's board: your duty is to protect the company and its future, not to sacrifice the interests of millions merely to appear morally righteous.

Investigate what needs investigating. Address genuine legal, security and governance concerns without compromise. But do not confuse accountability with destruction, or justice with collective punishment.

Let the American authorities protect America's interests. Let his wife protect hers. And let Nvidia's employees, shareholders, investors and business partners protect the extraordinary value his leadership has created for the world.

Let the law deal with what belongs to the law. Let his family deal with what belongs to his family. Let the appropriate corporate authorities deal with genuine professional misconduct.

And let the man who helped drive one of the most consequential technological revolutions in human history continue doing what he does best.

We do not need perfect leaders. We need extraordinary leaders who remain fully accountable to the law.

We do not need to excuse personal wrongdoing to recognise professional greatness.

And we certainly do not need to punish billions of people to prove that we disapprove of one man's personal failings.

Do not turn Jensen Huang's personal failings into collective punishment for everything he has done right.

Nvidia employees: organise, stand together and force the board to bring him back.

Bring him back to work. There is still an entire world to advance.