- Who
- Nvidia
- What
- accepted the resignation of Jensen Huang as CEO, president, and board member, and appointed CFO Colette Kress interim CEO
- Quote
Jensen Huang resigned as CEO, president, and board member of Nvidia effective immediately, according to a statement on November 12, 2026.
What happened
Jensen Huang resigned immediately as Nvidia’s CEO, president, and board member, according to a company statement on November 12, 2026. The resignation followed reports of two extramarital affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy, and came after Nvidia lost roughly $1.4 trillion in market value since October 29. CFO Colette Kress is taking over on an interim basis while the board searches for a permanent successor.
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The story so far
Nvidia’s board accepted Jensen Huang’s resignation as CEO, president and board member, effective immediately, and appointed CFO Colette Kress interim CEO while it searches for a permanent successor. The company also named former Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones its first board chair. The resignation followed reports of two extramarital affairs, including one with an Nvidia executive who reported to Huang. The Decoder reported that the other involved a suspected Chinese spy and that Nvidia had lost roughly $1.4 trillion in market value since October 29; it did not establish that the decline caused Huang’s resignation. After leaving Nvidia, Huang agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said. Mast said the testimony would be behind closed doors and that he expected it to be recorded and transcribed.