{
  "id": 19606180,
  "title": "Semafor: ‘Nvidia Board Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang, Name Interim CEO’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/semafor-nvidia-board-preparing-to-oust-ceo-jensen-huang-name-interim",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T04:59:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daring Fireball",
    "slug": "daring-fireball",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/11/11/2026/nvidia-board-preparing-to-oust-ceo-huang-wsj"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Semafor reports that Nvidia's board is set to remove CEO Jensen Huang and appoint an interim CEO, possibly Colette Kress, the CFO. The board is expected to make this decision as early as Wednesday, following revelations of Huang's second extramarital affair. The White House has been briefed on the board's plans, and Nvidia has engaged an external search firm to identify a successor. Apple's hardware chief, John Srouji, is one of the contenders, with Bloomberg and another source citing his name. Other potential candidates include Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple hardware chief John Srouji. Srouji has been with Apple since 2008, though his feelings towards the company and Cook remain unclear.",
  "summary": "Rohan Goswami, Reed Albergotti, and Ashley Gold, reporting for Semafor at 10:27pm ET: Some members of Nvidia’s board favor appointing Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO at the beleaguered chipmaker if CEO and founder Jensen Huang is ousted, according to people familiar with the matter. Here’s Kress’s LinkedIn profile . Semafor earlier confirmed that Nvidia’s board is preparing…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}