Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA CEO; Colette Kress takes interim role
NVIDIA’s longtime finance chief will lead the company while its board searches for a permanent successor.
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NVIDIA announced Thursday that Jensen Huang has resigned as president, chief executive officer and a member of its board, effective immediately. Colette Kress, its executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been appointed interim CEO. She will also continue in her finance role.
The board will consider internal and external candidates for a permanent CEO. It also appointed Harvey C. Jones as NVIDIA’s first board chair. The company said it expects its operations, customer commitments and product roadmap to continue without interruption. That is the company’s stated expectation, not a guarantee about how the transition will unfold.
NVIDIA’s next earnings release remains scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, with results expected at approximately 1:20 p.m. Pacific and the earnings call at 2 p.m. Pacific. Official transition announcement
Who is Colette Kress?
Kress joined NVIDIA in September 2013. Before that, she spent three years as a senior vice president and finance chief at Cisco, after 13 years at Microsoft, including four years as chief financial officer of its Server and Tools division. Her earlier career included finance roles at Texas Instruments. She holds a finance degree from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Official biography
This is an interim appointment, not the announcement of a permanent successor. It puts a longstanding senior NVIDIA executive in charge while the board conducts its search.
Jones is not a newcomer to NVIDIA: he has served on its board since 1993. His technology career includes leadership of Synopsys as CEO and later executive chair. Official biography
What is confirmed, and what is not
The company’s wording is that Huang resigned. Its transition announcement does not establish the truth of allegations surrounding him or announce findings from the board’s investigation. NVIDIA’s independent directors previously said they had retained outside counsel for that review. Independent directors’ statement
A leadership change also does not, by itself, establish a change in NVIDIA’s approach to open models. The immediate confirmed developments are the executive transition, the new board chair and the search for a permanent CEO.
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NVIDIA announced Huang’s immediate resignation and Kress’s appointment as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.
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- This report relies on official company statements and biographies, not independent interviews.
- The appointment is interim, not permanent.
- The transition announcement does not establish allegations or announce investigative findings.
Bright editorial interpretation
The interim appointment provides a named leader during the search; it does not itself establish a change in product strategy.
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Who will be appointed permanent CEO, and when?
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Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA CEO; Colette Kress takes interim role
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The interim appointment provides a named leader during the search; it does not itself establish a change in product strategy.
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NVIDIA announced Huang’s immediate resignation and Kress’s appointment as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.
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This report relies on official company statements and biographies, not independent interviews.
The appointment is interim, not permanent.
The transition announcement does not establish allegations or announce investigative findings.
Who will be appointed permanent CEO, and when?
Evidence state: Demonstrated. Source check: 2026-11-12T14:04:31.972Z. A source check is not independent replication.
NVIDIA announces CEO transition: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition
Colette Kress biography: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/bios/colette-kress
Statement from NVIDIA’s independent directors: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/statement-from-the-independent-members-of-the-nvidia-board
Harvey Jones biography: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/board-of-directors/harvey-jones/
https://brightaifuture.com/discoveries/nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo
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- Statement from NVIDIA’s independent directors ↗ · institution
- Harvey Jones biography ↗ · institution
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2026-11-12T14:04:31.972Z · Initial verified leadership transition report.
2026-11-12T14:31:35.459Z · Replaced the initial breaking-news graphic with an original cartoonized editorial portrait of Colette Kress; reporting unchanged.
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