chessroom← Back to gameJensen Huang has stepped down as NVIDIA’s president and chief executive and left its board. NVIDIA announced the change on November 12, 2026. In its Form 8-K, the company said its board accepted the resignation on November 11 and that it took effect immediately.
Colette Kress, NVIDIA’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, has taken over as interim CEO. She will keep her finance responsibilities while the board looks for a permanent chief executive.
Who is leading NVIDIA now?
Kress has led NVIDIA’s finance organization since joining in 2013. The board will consider candidates from inside and outside the company. It did not give a deadline for choosing a permanent CEO.
Longtime director Harvey C. Jones has been appointed board chair. Kress will run the company in the interim, while the board oversees the succession process.
| Person | Change |
|---|---|
| Jensen Huang | Left the president and CEO roles and stepped off the board. |
| Colette Kress | Became interim CEO and remains CFO. |
| Harvey C. Jones | Became chair of the board. |
What NVIDIA disclosed about the resignation
The transition announcement did not specify why Huang resigned. In a separate statement on November 8, NVIDIA’s board announced an independent review following reports that Huang had been targeted by a foreign intelligence effort. The board said at the time that it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets had been compromised. The resignation announcement did not report findings from that review.
What to watch next
NVIDIA’s board said it expects operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap to continue without interruption. That is the board’s stated expectation. The transition announcement did not introduce a revised product roadmap.
The next scheduled update is NVIDIA’s quarterly earnings report and call on November 17. It gives Kress an early opportunity to explain what stays on track during the handover. The other open question is who will take the job permanently.