Nvidia's Board Names Colette Kress Interim CEO After Jensen Huang Resigns, With Earnings Due Nov. 17

Jensen Huang resigned as president, chief executive officer and board member of Nvidia on Nov. 12, effective immediately, according to a company release filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The release does not give a reason.

The board named Colette Kress, executive vice president and chief financial officer since September 2013, as interim CEO. She keeps the finance role while serving, and the board said it will search for a permanent chief executive among internal and external candidates.

What the Nvidia release says

Harvey C. Jones was appointed the first-ever chair of the board. The release describes Jones as having more than 30 years as an entrepreneur, technology executive and venture investor, including a spell as CEO and executive chairman of Synopsys.

Jones is quoted saying "The Board has full confidence in Colette and the leadership team". Kress is quoted saying "NVIDIA's strength has always come from its people". Neither quotation addresses why Huang left.

Role	Before Nov. 12	After
President and CEO	Jensen Huang	Colette Kress, interim
Chief financial officer	Colette Kress	Colette Kress, unchanged
Board chair	No chair	Harvey C. Jones

The Nov. 17 earnings date

Nvidia said it will report third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at about 1:20 p.m. PT, with a call at 2 p.m. PT. The release does not say whether Kress or someone else will lead the call, and it does not mention compensation.

Kress has nearly 25 years in finance roles at technology companies, including Cisco and Microsoft, the release says. Inc42 puts Huang's tenure at 33 years and says he cofounded the company in 1993.

What is reported beyond the filing

Inc42, which is the only second outlet read for this piece, ties the departure to earlier press reports about Huang's personal relationships and says Nvidia has ordered an internal probe. It also says Huang apologised in a letter to employees. Those claims come from Inc42's account of other outlets' reporting, which The Terminal has not read first-hand, and Nvidia's own release does not mention them. They are not confirmed here.

Inc42 quotes Kress as saying she is "committed to building on the extraordinary foundation Jensen created over the last 33 years".

Context on this site

Nvidia is the investor or supplier in several stories on this site, including the Fractile funding round and the Anthropic IPO filing, where Nvidia appears among the investors in a roughly $26 billion private placement per Crunchbase News.

The release does not say how long the interim arrangement is expected to last, whether the board has retained a search firm, or whether Huang keeps any advisory role or shareholding link to the company. Nvidia has not said when it expects to name a permanent CEO. The next fixed date is the Nov. 17 results release.