Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA CEO and board member; CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO
XFreeze · x · 2026-11-12
Citing an NVIDIA newsroom press release screenshot, Jensen Huang has resigned as President, CEO and board member, effective immediately, ending his 33-year run at the company he founded. The announcement gives no reason, following recent reports about his personal matters (a WSJ piece screenshots a "timeline of scandals" citing two affairs, one with a suspected spy).
- CFO Colette Kress takes over as interim CEO while staying CFO
- The board is searching for a permanent CEO, internal and external
- Former Synopsys CEO Harvey Jones becomes NVIDIA's first-ever Chair of the Board
- The board says operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap continue uninterrupted; Q3 earnings remain set for Nov 17
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