NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
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NVIDIA announced that President and CEO Jensen Huang has resigned effective immediately, with CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor. Kress, who has served as CFO since September 2013 after nearly 25 years in finance roles at Cisco and Microsoft, will retain her CFO duties during the transition. The board also appointed Harvey C. Jones, former CEO and executive chairman of Synopsys, as its first-ever chair, saying it expects operations, customer commitments and the product roadmap to continue without interruption. The surprise departure of Huang, who led the company for 33 years, comes as NVIDIA remains a central player in accelerated computing and AI. The company said it will report third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on November 17 as previously scheduled, giving investors the first public forum to press management on the transition.
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