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 <a href="https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition">announced</a> that Jensen Huang - its longtime co-founder, president, and CEO - has resigned after reports of two extramarital affairs, one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with an Nvidia executive who reported to Huang. Following a late Wednesday night meeting, the board <a href="https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/sec-filings/sec-filings-details/default.aspx?FilingId=19923299">accepted</a> Huang's letter of resignation as CEO, president, and board member, effective immediately, with current CFO Colette Kress appointed interim CEO. Kress has been with Nvidia since 2013, with previous stops at Cisco and Microsoft.</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 fir …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1031689/jensen-huang-nvidia-ceo-resigns">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>