Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid spy, affair scandals

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Jensen Huang at GTC Berlin last month. | Photo: Soeren Stache / picture alliance via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Soeren Stache / picture alliance via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/gettyimages-2301620664.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Jensen Huang at GTC Berlin last month. | Photo: Soeren Stache / picture alliance via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nvidia's board has separated from Jensen Huang, its longtime co-founder, president, and CEO, after reports of two extramarital affairs - one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with an Nvidia executive who reported to Huang. A <a href="https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition">press release published Thursday</a> following a late Wednesday night board meeting announced Huang's resignation as CEO, president, and board member, effective immediately, with current CFO Colette Kress appointed interim CEO.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nvidia is also changing its corporate structure in Huang's absence, appointing former Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones as the first board chair in its history. The statement does not include a quote fr …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1031689/jensen-huang-fired-nvidia">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>