AMD’s Lisa Su Wins CEO of the Year the Same Day Her Cousin Jensen Huang Resigns
On November 12, Yahoo Finance named AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su its 2026 CEO of the Year. That same day, Nvidia announced that its co-founder Jensen Huang had resigned. The two chip rivals are also first cousins once removed.
How Lisa Su and Jensen Huang are related
Huang’s mother and Su’s maternal grandfather were siblings, Taiwanese genealogist Jean Wu told CNN. That makes Huang a first cousin of Su’s mother, one generation above Su on the family tree. Nvidia confirmed the family connection through Huang’s mother.
Two announcements on the same day
Yahoo Finance recognized Su for AMD’s performance and dealmaking. At Nvidia, Huang stepped down as president, CEO and a board member, and CFO Colette Kress took over as interim CEO. His departure followed reports of extramarital affairs. Huang had previously acknowledged being unfaithful in a letter to staff. Nvidia’s transition announcement gave no reason for the resignation. Read PCGeek’s original coverage and the Associated Press report.
PCGeek’s take
Silicon Valley spent years making Huang the face of the AI boom. Now Nvidia has to show customers what it can deliver without him. AMD has a chance to turn the attention around Su’s award into something measurable: more AI chip orders and more customers willing to build around its software. Nvidia’s November 17 earnings call is the first scheduled chance to hear how Kress plans to keep the company on course.
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Cover uses separately taken file photos, cropped for this layout. Lisa Su: Andrew Lih, CC BY 4.0. Jensen Huang: Office of the President, Taiwan, CC BY 2.0.
