Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO Amid Independent Probe Into Security and Conduct
The board named Colette Kress interim CEO after Huang’s departure, as Nvidia shares fell 10% and a search for a permanent successor began.
- On Thursday, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang resigned effective immediately as president, CEO and board member, with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO and Harvey C. Jones appointed as the company's first-ever board chairman.
- Revelations of two extramarital affairs—one with Alice Huang, a former Megaspeed executive suspected by U.S. intelligence of Chinese espionage, and another with Kimberly Powell, an Nvidia vice president—intensified pressure on the CEO.
- Nvidia shares plummeted more than 10% in premarket trading Thursday, erasing more than $600 billion in market value during the week as investors reacted to the leadership vacuum.
- Nvidia's board launched a search for a permanent successor considering internal and external candidates, while confirming third-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings will release as scheduled Tuesday, November 17.
- Market intelligence firm Morningstar warned that Huang's exit could lead to less AI dealmaking and greater regulation, threatening the stability of the ecosystem he helped bankroll through Nvidia's infrastructure investments.
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‘Set up?’ Jesse Watters questions suspicious timing of Nvidia shakeup — and who benefits from Huang's fall - The Daily Bo Snerdley
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) Jesse Watters is questioning whether Nvidia founder Jensen Huang’s spectacular downfall was a personal implosion or something more calculated, as control of America’s most powerful AI-chip company becomes a national-security issue. Huang resigned Thursday following reports of an affair with a woman suspected by U.S. officials of Chinese intelligence connections and a …
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