Jensen Huang has resigned as president and chief executive of Nvidia and has left its board. Nvidia’s board announced the change on November 12, 2026, and the company reported it to the SEC the same day. Chief financial officer Colette Kress is interim chief executive.
This page records what those two documents say and what they leave out. Both are short, and neither gives a reason. What came before today is in our earlier records: the board’s statements and Huang’s message to staff and the Wall Street Journal’s report that the board was preparing to oust him.
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Nvidia said on November 12, 2026 that Jensen Huang resigned as president, chief executive and board member, effective immediately.
Chief financial officer Colette Kress is interim chief executive and keeps the finance job. The board says it will consider internal and external candidates.
Harvey C. Jones, a director since 1993, is the first chair of the board Nvidia has had, by the company’s own account.
Nvidia’s SEC filing dates the board’s acceptance of the resignation to November 11. Neither document gives a reason.
Nvidia says it will report quarterly results on Tuesday, November 17, as previously scheduled.
§ 01What Nvidia announced
The release is headed NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition and dated November 12, 2026. Its main points:
- Huang. The board says he “has resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board, effective immediately”
- The interim chief. Colette Kress, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has agreed to serve as interim chief executive. She keeps the finance job until a permanent successor is named. The release says she joined Nvidia in September 2013.
- The search. The board says it is starting a search for a permanent chief executive and “will consider internal and external candidates”
- A chair. The board appointed director Harvey C. Jones, in the release’s words, as its “first-ever Chair of the Board”
- The board on Kress. Jones is quoted: “The Board has full confidence in Colette and the leadership team”
- The board on the business. He adds: “we expect the company’s operations, customer commitments and product roadmap to continue without interruption”
- Kress on Huang. She is quoted: “I am committed to building on the extraordinary foundation Jensen created over the last 33 years”
- Huang himself. The release carries no quote from him.
| Role | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| President and chief executive | Jensen Huang | Colette Kress, interim |
| Chief financial officer | Colette Kress | Colette Kress, continues |
| Chair of the board | None before, by Nvidia’s account | Harvey C. Jones |
| Huang’s board seat | Jensen Huang | Resigned |
The table is drawn from Nvidia’s release and its Form 8-K, both dated November 12, 2026.
§ 02What the filing adds
Nvidia reported the change on a Form 8-K under Item 5.02, the item a company uses when a director or a senior officer leaves or is appointed. EDGAR’s data feed gives the filing’s acceptance time as 13:52 UTC on November 12. The filing is short, and it adds four details to the release:
- The date. The filing says the board “accepted the resignation of Jen-Hsun Huang” on November 11, 2026, a day before the release. Jen-Hsun Huang is the name the filing uses for him.
- Kress. It gives her age as 59 and says she serves “while the Board conducts a search for a new Chief Executive Officer”
- Jones. It gives his age as 73. It says he has been on the board since 1993 and has been managing partner of Square Wave Ventures, a private family office, since 2004. The release adds that he was chief executive and executive chairman of Synopsys.
- The signature. Kress signed the filing as interim chief executive officer, executive vice president and chief financial officer.
The release is attached to the filing as Exhibit 99.1.
§ 03Nvidia’s own statements this week
The release page lists the company’s recent newsroom items. Five are dated November 8 to 12. The table lists four of them and leaves out one partnership announcement dated November 8. Our record of the board’s statements covers the earlier ones.
| Date | Title on Nvidia’s newsroom |
|---|---|
| November 8, 2026 | Statement From NVIDIA Board of Directors |
| November 8, 2026 | A Message to Our Company |
| November 10, 2026 | Statement From the Independent Members of the NVIDIA Board |
| November 12, 2026 | NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition |
§ 04What the documents do not say
- A reason. Neither the release nor the filing says why Huang resigned.
- The investigation. Neither document mentions the investigation covered in our earlier record, or what becomes of it.
- Terms. The filing describes no pay or separation terms for Huang, and no change in pay for Kress or Jones.
- A timetable. Neither gives a date for naming a permanent chief executive.
- Other roles. Neither says whether Huang keeps any other role at Nvidia. The release names the three posts he resigned.
§ 05The share price on November 12
Added November 12, 2026, 15:06 UTC. This page went up without a price check. We have since read the quote that Nasdaq, where the shares are listed, publishes for NVDA.
- Close on November 11: $173.73.
- Last trade at 10:06 AM Eastern on November 12: $160.13, which Nasdaq shows as down 7.83%.
- Range for the day up to that reading: $148.80 to $163.10. The low is 14.35% under the November 11 close. That percentage is our arithmetic.
This is one reading, not a closing figure, and the price moves all day. We did not read the opening price or any price from before the market opened. We state no cause for the move.
§ 06What we did not check
- The share price, when this page went up. Techmeme’s summary of the release, stamped 8:53 AM on its site, says the shares fell more than 10%. We had not checked the price then. We read it later at Nasdaq: see the section above.
- Huang. We did not look for a statement from Huang outside Nvidia’s newsroom.
- Other reporting. We did not read today’s news coverage. This page rests on the two documents.
§ 07What happens next
- November 17. Nvidia says it will report third-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Tuesday, November 17, at about 1:20 p.m. Pacific, with its earnings call at 2 p.m. Pacific. The release says the date stands “as previously scheduled”
- The search. The board has named no candidates and no deadline.
- Further filings. Appointing a permanent chief executive would be reported on another Form 8-K under the same item.
§ 08Where CellCog sits
Our conflict, declared: we build CellCog, a platform where a business hires AI employees, and those employees run on Anthropic’s Claude models. We follow Nvidia because the supply of AI chips affects what AI products cost, ours included. This page was written from Nvidia’s release and its filing. It is not investment advice.
§ 09Sources
- NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition, Nvidia newsroom, November 12, 2026
- Nvidia’s Form 8-K, filed November 12, 2026
- The filing’s folder on EDGAR
- Statement From the Independent Members of the NVIDIA Board, November 10, 2026
- Nvidia’s newsroom
- Nasdaq’s quote for NVDA, read November 12, 2026, at 10:06 AM Eastern, for the share price section
- Techmeme’s river, read November 12, 2026, for the share price line only
Q1Did Jensen Huang resign or was he removed?
Nvidia’s release says he resigned, and its SEC filing says the board accepted his resignation on November 11, 2026. Neither document says more about how it came about.
Q2Who is the CEO of Nvidia now?
Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer since 2013, is interim chief executive. The board says it will consider internal and external candidates for the permanent job.
Q3Why did Jensen Huang resign?
Nvidia’s release and its Form 8-K give no reason. Our two earlier records cover the board’s statements and the reporting that came before.
Q4Is Jensen Huang still on Nvidia's board?
No. The release says he resigned as a member of the board as well as president and chief executive.
Q5Who is Harvey Jones?
An Nvidia director since 1993 and, by the release, the first chair of the board the company has had. The filing gives his age as 73. The release says he was chief executive and executive chairman of Synopsys.
Q6Is Nvidia's earnings date changing?
No. The release says third-quarter fiscal 2027 results come on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, as previously scheduled.