After Jensen Huang resigned on November 12, 2026, ending his 33-year tenure as Nvidia’s chief executive, Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress was named interim CEO. She must decide whether the company will retain its management culture of numerous direct reports and very few individual meetings. Kress, who joined Nvidia in 2013 and has served as Chief Financial Officer since then, oversaw the financial strategy behind the group’s transformation from gaming-chip maker into a leading AI-accelerator company. Her first major test will be the all-hands meeting scheduled for November 18, 2026, after Nvidia’s shares fell sharply in pre-market trading following the leadership announcement. The board is considering both internal and external candidates to succeed Huang permanently, whose departure followed board investigations into his conduct.
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