# Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA CEO; Colette Kress takes interim role Agent contract: 1.2.0 NVIDIA’s longtime finance chief will lead the company while its board searches for a permanent successor. Canonical: https://brightaifuture.com/discoveries/nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo Format: discovery Source publication: 2026-11-12 Bright publication: 2026-11-12 Substantive update: 2026-11-12 Evidence and review: Demonstrated; confidence: unassessed; approved; ai-assisted. Official transition announcement and executive biographies checked; distinguishes resignation and interim appointment from unestablished allegations. ## Editorial image Illustrated portrait of Colette Kress in front of computing infrastructure and an architectural passage, symbolizing NVIDIA’s leadership transition.: https://brightaifuture.com/media/content/050d3a3d10c4f153390316e4d752e3866737e8b18d35a7b7fec9f0fbdc653f5a.png Credit: Original Bright AI-generated editorial illustration. License: Original Bright artwork; all rights reserved. Source: https://brightaifuture.com/discoveries/nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo illustration; not a photograph, an actual event or NVIDIA endorsement. ## NVIDIA leadership transition 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](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition) ## 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](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/bios/colette-kress) 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](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/board-of-directors/harvey-jones/) ## 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](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/statement-from-the-independent-members-of-the-nvidia-board) 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. ## The human problem Leadership changes at a major AI infrastructure supplier affect customers, workers and developers who need reliable information. ## The prior constraint The outcome of NVIDIA’s leadership review had not been established by earlier reporting. ## AI’s actual role NVIDIA supplies computing hardware, software and models used to develop and run AI. ## The documented result NVIDIA announced Huang’s immediate resignation and Kress’s appointment as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor. ## Why it may matter The interim appointment provides a named leader during the search; it does not itself establish a change in product strategy. ## Limitations 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. ## Unresolved questions Who will be appointed permanent CEO, and when? ## Provenance and history { "dates": { "captureDate": "2026-11-12T14:04:31.972Z", "eventDate": "2026-11-12", "lastReviewedDate": "2026-11-12T14:04:31.972Z", "publicationDate": "2026-11-12" }, "provenance": { "origin": "editorial", "externalId": null }, "revisions": [ { "id": "nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo-initial", "recordedAt": "2026-11-12", "sourceIds": [ "source:nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo:1", "source:nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo:2", "source:nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo:3", "source:nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo:4" ], "summary": "Initial verified leadership transition report." }, { "id": "nvidia-jensen-huang-resigns-colette-kress-interim-ceo-colette-cover-20261112143135459", "recordedAt": "2026-11-12", "sourceIds": [], "summary": "Replaced the initial breaking-news graphic with an original cartoonized editorial portrait of Colette Kress; reporting unchanged." } ], "corrections": [] } ## Original sources - [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/) ## Continue exploring - [The Future of AI Shouldn’t Require Permission](https://brightaifuture.com/discoveries/open-ai-nvidia-control) - [SpaceX’s AI infrastructure business is growing. 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