NVIDIA co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as president, CEO and board member on Nov. 12, 2026, ending his 33-year leadership of the semiconductor company as it faces scrutiny over reported personal ties to a business executive under investigation for suspected links to Chinese intelligence.
The company appointed Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO while its board begins searching for a permanent successor. Harvey C. Jones, a longtime NVIDIA director, was named the company’s first board chairman.
The leadership change follows reports concerning Huang’s relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based cloud computing company Megaspeed International. U.S. authorities reportedly suspect Alice Huang of having links to Chinese intelligence, while Megaspeed has faced scrutiny over allegations that it helped divert advanced NVIDIA chips to China in possible violation of U.S. export controls.
The allegations have raised national security concerns because of NVIDIA’s position as a major supplier of advanced processors used in artificial intelligence systems. Megaspeed has denied wrongdoing, while China has rejected the espionage allegations.
Reuters reported that NVIDIA’s board had been considering Huang’s position amid the controversy. The company had also initiated an independent investigation into reports that its founder and CEO may have been the target of a foreign intelligence effort.
Huang co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. Under his leadership, the company evolved from a graphics processing unit manufacturer focused on PC gaming into a major provider of AI computing platforms, data center processors and networking technologies.
Its GPU architecture and CUDA software ecosystem have become important components of AI development, supporting workloads ranging from large language model training to scientific computing.
The transition comes at a critical time for NVIDIA, whose business has benefited from growing demand for AI infrastructure among cloud service providers and technology companies. Reuters valued the company at approximately $4 trillion in its Nov. 12 report.
Kress takes over as NVIDIA’s top executive after serving as CFO since 2013. Before joining the company, she held senior finance positions at Cisco Systems and Texas Instruments.
Her appointment provides continuity in financial management, but the dual role of interim CEO and CFO places her at the center of the company’s operations and strategic direction while the board conducts its search.
Jones, who has served on NVIDIA’s board since 1993, previously led electronic design automation company Synopsys as CEO and executive chairman. His appointment gives the board a chairman with longstanding experience in the semiconductor industry.
The leadership change also raises questions about NVIDIA’s ability to maintain its product roadmap, customer relationships and position in the global AI supply chain without the executive who built its current business.
The company is scheduled to announce its fiscal third-quarter 2027 results on Nov. 17. The earnings announcement is expected to provide an early indication of how management intends to address investor concerns and maintain business continuity during the transition.
For the technology industry, the succession is significant beyond NVIDIA itself. Its processors, networking systems and software underpin a substantial part of the infrastructure supporting the current expansion of generative AI and enterprise computing.
The board’s choice of a permanent CEO will therefore be closely watched by investors, customers and the broader semiconductor industry.
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