NVIDIA announced on 12 November 2026 that Jensen Huang had resigned as president, CEO and a director, effective immediately. Chief financial officer Colette Kress has been appointed interim CEO and will retain her finance role during the transition.
Board begins search for a successor
The company will consider internal and external candidates for the permanent CEO position. It has also appointed Harvey C. Jones as board chair. The board said it expected operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap to continue through the leadership handover.
Who is Colette Kress?
Kress joined NVIDIA as executive vice president and CFO in September 2013. Her previous finance roles included positions at Cisco and Microsoft. The company credited her with helping guide its growth and said its leadership team would support her as interim CEO.
Huang co-founded NVIDIA in 1993. His departure from the three positions marks a major leadership change at the company after more than three decades.
Source: MDROID’s report, verified against NVIDIA’s official CEO transition announcement. Image: NVIDIA Newsroom.
