Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO. Colette Kress Is Interim CEO, and the Board Says the Roadmap Continues
Jensen Huang has resigned as president, CEO and a member of Nvidia’s board, effective immediately. Nvidia announced the change in a Nov. 12, 2026 press release. CFO Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.
What Nvidia confirmed
- Per NVIDIA’s release, “NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition,” Huang “has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board, effective immediately.”
- Colette Kress, executive vice president and CFO, has agreed to serve as interim CEO. She keeps the CFO role until a permanent successor is named.
- The board is starting a search and will consider internal and external candidates.
- Harvey C. Jones, a former CEO and executive chairman of Synopsys, is named the board’s first-ever chair.
- The board says it expects operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap to continue without interruption.
- Nvidia will report third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Tuesday, Nov. 17, with a call at 2 p.m. PT.
Jones is quoted as saying “The Board has full confidence in Colette and the leadership team.” Kress is quoted as saying “Our focus remains on serving our customers, partners, developers and shareholders.” The release includes no quote from Huang.
What the release doesn’t say
The release gives no reason for the resignation and doesn’t mention the independent investigation the board opened on Nov. 8. Outlets including Tom’s Hardware and Variety connect the resignation to the weeks of reporting about Huang’s personal relationships. We couldn’t confirm a link from Nvidia’s own statement, so treat any stated cause as reporting, not something Nvidia has said.
Our earlier coverage of how we got here: the FT report (allegations, with denials), Huang’s admission and the board’s investigation, the NYT report and the WSJ report on the board’s plans.
PCGeek’s take
For anyone who buys or builds around Nvidia hardware, the first thing to note is what hasn’t changed: the board says the roadmap and customer commitments continue, and a seasoned finance chief is in the interim seat. The Nov. 17 earnings call is the first real chance to hear how the company talks about GPUs, supply and guidance without its founder.
What we can’t tell you yet is who the permanent CEO will be, how long the search takes, or what the investigation finds. We’ll update this post as Nvidia says more.
Photo: Office of the President, Taiwan, CC BY 2.0 (2023 file photo of Jensen Huang; a credit is not an endorsement). Sources: NVIDIA Newsroom (Nov. 12, 2026), Tom’s Hardware, Variety.
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