{
  "id": 19664665,
  "title": "Jensen Huang officially resigns as Nvidia CEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/jensen-huang-officially-resigns-as-nvidia-ceo",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T14:39:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/jensen-huang-resigns-nvidia-ceo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia, the 33-year-old chipmaker, has a new CEO for the first time in its history. The company's founder, Jensen Huang, resigned on Thursday, along with stepping down as president and relinquishing his seat on the board, effective immediately. No reason was provided for his departure, but speculation abounds. Colette Kress, Nvidia's CFO since 2013, will assume the role of interim CEO while serving as chief financial officer. The board will seek both internal and external candidates for a permanent replacement. Harvey C. Jones, a long-standing director, was appointed as the first chair of the board. The announcement followed a board meeting to discuss Huang's future. Huang's resignation came after reports in The Times on November 11 alleging an affair with Kim Powell, Nvidia's vice president of healthcare and one of his direct reports. Huang later told employees about his unfaithfulness, identifying his affair partner as Alice Huang, an executive at a customer named Megaspeed. U.S. intelligence officials reportedly suspect her of spying for China, a claim China denies. Despite this, the board and Donald Trump stated there was no reason to believe U.S. national security or company secrets were compromised. Huang's departure marks the first CEO change in Nvidia's history. The company, known for selling graphics chips for gaming, has become central to training AI models under Huang's leadership. Nvidia shares dropped about 10% in premarket trading on November 12 after the resignation announcement. The company is set to report quarterly earnings on November 17, a date when this story will continue to develop.",
  "summary": "Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO and left its board effective immediately. CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as CEO in the wake of multiple affairs, Chinese spy allegations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-as-ceo-in-the-wake-of-multiple",
        "published": "2026-11-12T13:58:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Nvidia’s Jensen Huang resigns as CEO, effective immediately",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/nvidias-jensen-huang-resigns-as-ceo-effective-immediately",
        "published": "2026-11-12T14:28:19.000Z"
      }
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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."
}