An immediate change, with a permanent search to follow
NVIDIA’s board announced on November 12 that Jensen Huang resigned as president, chief executive and a director, effective immediately. Colette Kress, its executive vice president and chief financial officer, becomes interim CEO while keeping her existing roles.
The board will consider internal and external candidates for a permanent successor. Kress has led NVIDIA’s finance organization since joining in September 2013. Her interim appointment is not the announcement of a permanent CEO.
Board chair and reporting schedule
Harvey C. Jones was appointed the company’s first board chair. The board says it expects operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap to continue without interruption; that is the board’s stated expectation.
NVIDIA says it will report fiscal 2027 third-quarter results on November 17 as previously scheduled. The leadership notice is not the results release and does not provide new quarterly financial figures.
