Nvidia’s board has removed Jensen Huang from his roles as chief executive, chair and director with immediate effect, France 24 reported. The decision moves the company into a formal transition after 33 years under its co-founder: Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress is taking over as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.
That is the material development for customers, staff and investors. Nvidia has not merely announced a departure; it has installed an interim executive and said it will consider both internal and external candidates. Harvey Jones, a former Synopsys chief, has been appointed board chair. He said the board had confidence in Kress and the leadership team to keep the company’s operations running without interruption.
The arrangement matters both operationally and symbolically. Huang had led Nvidia since its 1993 founding and through its rise as a leading designer of chips used to train and run artificial-intelligence models. The immediate interim appointment separates day-to-day continuity from the longer decision over who will lead the company next.
The board did not give a reason for Huang’s departure. France 24 connected the sequence to media reports about his private life, including allegations involving a woman suspected of spying for China; Beijing denied that allegation. Those reports do not establish the board’s formal reason for its decision.
The next issue is therefore specific: Nvidia must select a permanent chief executive, with no timetable or candidate list made public in the supplied report. Until that choice is made, Kress represents the announced continuity, not a final answer to Nvidia’s post-Huang leadership.
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- France 24 Tous titres · Source date: 2026-11-12
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