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Nvidia’s board says it is still selecting a search firm to find a successor to Jensen Huang and has not formally engaged any potential CEO candidates, CNBC reports. That clarifies the state of the search: identifying a firm is not the same
Open discussion →Nvidia has reportedly approached Arm chief executive Rene Haas about replacing Jensen Huang, adding a named contender to the company’s unsettled succession story. Why it matters The Telegraph says Haas, a former Nvidia executive, is among t
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board has not selected a search firm to find a permanent successor to Jensen Huang, the board told CNBC. That adds a useful qualification to recent reporting that a search for Huang’s replacement was under way. Why it matters The u
Open discussion →Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia has turned a leadership change into a question about US technology policy, markets and relations with Beijing. An Atlantic Council expert round-up argues that Nvidia’s importance to advanced chips makes
Open discussion →Nvidia’s next chief executive may inherit a company built around one person, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Beth Kowitt argues in a new video discussion of Jensen Huang’s departure. Why it matters Kowitt says Nvidia had no chairman, number two
Open discussion →NPR reports that Jensen Huang is out as Nvidia chief executive, a sudden leadership change at the company whose chips and systems sit at the centre of the AI boom. The immediate question is not just who replaces him, but who can keep Nvidia
Open discussion →The Financial Times reports that Nvidia’s board has approached Arm chief executive Rene Haas as a possible successor to Jensen Huang. Why it matters That gives a name to the succession search previously reported as under way. An approach is
Open discussion →Some Nvidia employees have called for Jensen Huang to be reinstated after his resignation, according to IGN. The response points to a company whose chief’s departure has become an employee issue as well as a leadership change at a major AI-
Open discussion →Nvidia employees at a Kubernetes conference were shocked by Jensen Huang’s departure, according to a Register columnist who spoke with them. The columnist also describes Huang’s monthly all-hands meetings, where he answered staff questions
Open discussion →Nvidia shares rose more than 2% before Friday’s market open, after falling 15% following Jensen Huang’s resignation, the Associated Press reports. Chief financial officer Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO. Why it matters It is a modes
Open discussion →Singapore investors bought Nvidia shares after Jensen Huang’s resignation, with trading activity surging at several brokerages, The Straits Times reports. Why it matters Syfe recorded Nvidia orders at about 13 times its six-week daily avera
Open discussion →Toronto employment lawyer Muneeza Sheikh argues that Nvidia’s board could have had grounds to fire Jensen Huang had he not resigned. In a Toronto Star opinion piece, she points to alleged dishonesty around his relationships and concerns abo
Open discussion →Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia is prompting questions well beyond the company, because its chips underpin much of the AI industry. An Associated Press report points to a possible opening for rivals and a harder question for Nvidia: ca
Open discussion →An AI policy expert expects Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia to have little effect on TSMC or other Taiwanese suppliers. His reasoning: Nvidia’s product line, business and engineering workforce remain strong, even as markets weigh the l
Open discussion →Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia is sharpening a question for the AI industry: will chip buyers diversify, and can rivals meet the demand? The Associated Press reports that investors expect some customers to spread their purchases, whil
Open discussion →Singtel says Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia will not disrupt its AI chip deliveries or partnership with the chipmaker. The Singapore telecoms group says it has received chips for 4 megawatts of data-centre capacity, with another 2 meg
Open discussion →Nvidia’s leadership upheaval is showing up in the market too: CNBC reports the company’s shares have fallen sharply, while AMD and Broadcom have gained. Why it matters The report says Nvidia has lost about $515bn in value amid the turmoil.
Open discussion →Retail investors are making aggressive opening buys of Nvidia shares after chief executive Jensen Huang was ousted, Bloomberg reports, citing Vanda Research. Why it matters It is a fresh signal of investor behaviour amid Nvidia’s leadership
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, president and board member, effective immediately, according to China Daily’s account of the board’s announcement. CFO Colette Kress is interim chief executive as the board considers a
Open discussion →Nvidia CFO Colette Kress has been appointed interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor, Hindustan Times reports. Kress will continue as CFO during the transition. Why it matters The report also says the board has commiss
Open discussion →Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.9%, or 82.8 points, to 9,064 by 11:58am AEDT on Friday, Sharecafe reports. The outlet says investors were weighing Jensen Huang’s reported resignation from Nvidia. Why it matters Nine of the index’s 11 sec
Open discussion →Jensen Huang’s departure is being felt in South Korea not just as a leadership change, but as a possible break in a relationship built around Nvidia’s work with local chipmakers. The Straits Times reports that some South Korean admirers and
Open discussion →Donald Trump urged Jensen Huang to fight to keep his job at Nvidia during a phone call on Tuesday, shortly before Huang stepped down as chief executive, The Times of India reports, citing The New York Times. Why it matters The reported call
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, president and board member, with finance chief Colette Kress appointed interim CEO. For a company central to the AI-chip business, this is a significant change at the top, not just anot
Open discussion →The Financial Times identifies Harvey Jones as Nvidia’s new chair and Colette Kress as its chief executive, facing the task of steadying the company after Jensen Huang’s departure. Why it matters That puts the immediate focus on the people
Open discussion →President Donald Trump urged Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to keep fighting for his job in a call on Tuesday, The New York Times reports, citing sources. The report says aides described Trump as viewing Nvidia as essentially too big t
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, and the company’s CFO, Colette Kress, will take over on an interim basis, Just the News reports. The Guardian also reports Huang’s departure and says he is expected to testify before Co
Open discussion →Lisa Su, chief executive of Nvidia rival AMD, is among the people being named as a possible successor to Jensen Huang, The Guardian reports. Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent replacement, the r
Open discussion →Nvidia is searching for a permanent replacement for Jensen Huang, and Axios has assembled 11 names reported or speculated as possible successors. The company has named CFO Colette Kress interim CEO and said its board will consider internal
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board has appointed Harvey C. Jones as chair and says it is beginning a search for a permanent chief executive, The Fast Mode reports. Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO while remaining the company’s CFO. Why it matters The ad
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, according to Wired, while many Nvidia employees and technology insiders are reportedly still in denial. Why it matters For an AI industry built around Nvidia’s chips, a change at the to
Open discussion →Nvidia’s unusually flat management structure could make Jensen Huang harder to replace, management experts told CNBC, as the company moves forward with Colette Kress as interim CEO. The practical question is whether a system built around Hu
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, and finance chief Colette Kress is interim CEO, Sharecafe reports. For a company whose chips sit at the centre of the AI boom, this is a consequential change at the top, not just a mark
Open discussion →Nvidia plans to continue its investigation into former chief executive Jensen Huang, The Information reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. Why it matters The report says the company is expected to state that it is not abandonin
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia chief executive and hired the law firm Paul Weiss, The Information reports, citing The New York Times. The report says the resignation came four days after Nvidia’s board announced an investigation involv
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has left Nvidia as chief executive, and the board is searching for a permanent successor, Axios reports. Chief financial officer Colette Kress has taken the interim role. Why it matters Axios says Huang is expected to testify b
Open discussion →Colette Kress, now Nvidia’s interim chief executive, helped shape the company’s financing deals with customers and AI firms, including CoreWeave, OpenAI and Nebius, the Daily Sabah reports. Why it matters The article says Nvidia owns nearly
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, and CFO Colette Kress will take over on an interim basis while the board searches for a permanent successor, AP and Reuters report. Nvidia has also named Harvey C. Jones its first-ever
Open discussion →Donald Trump has publicly backed former Apple chief executive Tim Cook to lead Nvidia, after Jensen Huang resigned as the chipmaker’s chief executive. It is a presidential suggestion, not an appointment: Nvidia’s board has appointed chief f
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, and prominent technology and crypto figures are already arguing over what his departure means for the company and open-weight AI. Nvidia has named CFO Colette Kress interim CEO, putting
Open discussion →Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer, is taking over for now after Jensen Huang’s departure, the BBC’s Zoe Kleinman writes. Kress has been at Nvidia for 13 years and is a familiar face to investors, but she is not an engineer, Kl
Open discussion →Donald Trump has said former Apple chief executive Tim Cook should take over at Nvidia after Jensen Huang’s departure, according to The Washington Post. Trump praised Huang as a “Legend” while suggesting Cook as his successor. Why it matter
Open discussion →AFP reports that Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive and given up his board seat. The report says the company did not give a reason for his departure. Why it matters That is a sharper turn than succession planning: Nvidia
Open discussion →Nvidia’s Asian suppliers are weighing whether a change in leadership could alter the company’s pace of expansion and partnership-building, Reuters reports via the Taipei Times. Why it matters One Taiwanese supplier executive told Reuters a
Open discussion →The cost of insuring Nvidia’s debt against default rose close to a recent high as the board considered appointing a temporary chief while searching for a permanent successor, according to Bloomberg, in a report carried by ETMarkets. Why it
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board has begun a search for a permanent chief executive, considering both internal and external candidates, according to an internal message reported by The Verge. CFO Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO. Why it matters In her
Open discussion →Nvidia shares fell 7.6% on 12 November as investors weighed Jensen Huang’s departure, Reuters reports via The Straits Times. CFO Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO. Why it matters The losses spread across AI-linked stocks: Nebius fell
Open discussion →Nvidia has appointed longtime director Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair, adding a governance change to the company’s leadership upheaval. Invezz reports that Jones has served on Nvidia’s board since 1993 and previously led chip
Open discussion →Nvidia has appointed finance chief Colette Kress as interim chief executive, Fortune reports. Kress will continue as CFO while taking the helm, placing a long-serving company executive in charge during a significant leadership transition. W
Open discussion →Nvidia shares fell more than 12% in early trading after Jensen Huang’s departure, according to a Reuters report carried by Tucson.com. The article said the move put about $500bn of market value at risk. Why it matters That is a sharp market
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia chief executive, and finance chief Colette Kress will lead the company on an interim basis. For a business central to the AI boom, the handover puts succession and continuity in the spotlight at once. Why
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, with chief financial officer Colette Kress named interim CEO, The Information reports. The change puts leadership of a company central to the AI chip supply chain into transition. Why i
Open discussion →Nvidia CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim chief executive after Jensen Huang’s departure, according to an Economic Times report citing Reuters. The change puts the company’s finance chief in charge while Nvidia faces a leadership trans
Open discussion →Jensen Huang’s departure raises questions about Nvidia’s future memory-chip purchases, but Samsung and SK hynix have substantial long-term commitments and demand from other AI-chip makers to cushion the uncertainty. The Korean chipmakers’ e
Open discussion →Nvidia’s shares plunged at Thursday’s open, taking the chipmaker’s market value below $4 trillion for the first time since 2025, Bloomberg reports. The move gives investors an immediate measure of the market reaction to Jensen Huang’s resig
Open discussion →Nvidia CFO Colette Kress will take over as interim chief executive while keeping her finance role, and Harvey Jones will become the board’s first chair, Invezz reports from the company’s 8-K filing. Why it matters The board plans to seek a
Open discussion →Colette Kress, Nvidia’s interim chief executive, joined the company in 2013 after working at Cisco and Microsoft, according to a New York Times profile. The report also says she criticised US export controls on China while serving as Nvidia
Open discussion →Nvidia has appointed Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair, according to The Verge. Jones is a former Synopsys chief executive. Why it matters The appointment adds a governance change to a leadership transition already drawing atten
Open discussion →Colette Kress is taking over as Nvidia’s interim chief executive after serving as its finance chief since 2013. WIRED’s profile adds a useful detail to the leadership change: industry analyst Patrick Moorhead says Kress knows the company’s
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, and chief financial officer Colette Kress will take over on an interim basis, the Irish Examiner reports. The departure of the co-founder who has led Nvidia through the AI-chip boom put
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive and board member, and CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO, according to Gulf News and WIRED. The change ends Huang’s 33-year leadership of the AI chipmaker he co-founded. Why it
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, and the company has appointed chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim CEO. The change puts the leadership of a company central to AI computing in the spotlight, with its next s
Open discussion →Nvidia has named Harvey Jones, a former Synopsys chief executive, as its first board chair, NBC News reports. The appointment adds a governance change to the company’s leadership transition, with CFO Colette Kress serving as interim CEO whi
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board met on Thursday to decide the future of chief executive Jensen Huang, Bloomberg reports. The same report says the cost of protecting the company’s debt against default rose, nearing a record high. Why it matters That gives th
Open discussion →Apple hardware chief Johny Srouji is reportedly among the people being considered for Nvidia’s top job if the board moves to replace Jensen Huang. It is a significant possibility, not a confirmed succession plan. Why it matters MacRumors, c
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board met overnight to consider whether to remove chief executive Jensen Huang, CNBC reported on 12 November. No decision had been announced at the time of its report. Why it matters The meeting marks a sharper step than an open in
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board met on Wednesday to discuss whether to remove Jensen Huang as chief executive, CNBC reports, citing its own confirmation of the meeting. That is a step beyond the earlier report that directors were preparing to meet, but it i
Open discussion →The Wall Street Journal reports that Nvidia’s board was preparing to meet to decide Jensen Huang’s future as chief executive, citing people familiar with the matter. The report does not say a departure has been decided. Why it matters The s
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board met on Wednesday to discuss whether to remove Jensen Huang as chief executive, CNBC reports, adding a concrete step to the succession uncertainty around the company’s leader. Why it matters The board’s decision, if any, has n
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board is weighing whether to appoint an interim chief while it searches for a permanent successor to Jensen Huang, Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. Directors were meeting on Wednesday to discuss Huang’s fu
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board intends to remove chief executive Jensen Huang, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal cited by Mashable and Fox Business. The reports describe a sharper step than succession planning alone, but do not say a decisi
Open discussion →Nvidia shares fell more than 8% in extended trading after a report that the board was preparing to consider Jensen Huang’s future, Yahoo Finance UK reports, citing the Wall Street Journal. US stock futures also weakened, with Nasdaq 100 fut
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board is meeting to decide whether to remove chief executive Jensen Huang, Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The report, carried by Korea JoongAng Daily, describes a sharp escalation from earlier reports th
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board is reportedly working with an outside firm to identify possible successors to chief executive Jensen Huang, according to the Hindustan Times, citing Bloomberg and an unnamed source. The board is also said to be considering an
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board has been working with an outside firm to identify possible replacements for chief executive Jensen Huang, Bloomberg reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. Directors were also discussing whether to appoint an inter
Open discussion →Taiwan says it has revoked the entry permit of a woman linked to Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and is reviewing immigration checks. The Straits Times reports that the woman, Alice Huang, is alleged to be a Chinese spy, but says that h
Open discussion →Nvidia’s board is preparing to consider whether Jensen Huang should remain chief executive, Reuters reports, citing a Wall Street Journal story. The report says the board could meet as soon as Wednesday. Why it matters That is a reported pl
Open discussion →Nvidia’s independent directors have hired outside counsel to investigate the controversy surrounding chief executive Jensen Huang, Reuters reports. The development puts formal board scrutiny alongside growing political pressure, including a
Open discussion →Nvidia has received a rare downgrade from Baird, which raised concerns about chief executive Jensen Huang, Bloomberg reports. The report says the investigation into Huang’s affair with a woman described as an alleged Chinese spy is adding t
Open discussion →Nvidia has hired the US law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate reports involving chief executive Jensen Huang, The Guardian reports. The move puts an independent outside investigation at the centre of a serious governance an
Open discussion →Jensen Huang has cancelled several technology summit appearances but remains listed to deliver the opening keynote at Nvidia’s GTC event in Washington, scheduled for 1–3 December, The National reports. Why it matters That makes the company’
Open discussion →Nvidia’s independent directors have appointed former acting US attorney Joon H Kim and his firm, Wachtell Lipton, to lead an investigation involving chief executive Jensen Huang, Hindustan Times reports, citing a board statement. Why it mat
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