Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO and Colette Kress becomes interim CEO
NVIDIA announced that co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as president, CEO and director with immediate effect, according to TechNews. Colette Kress, the executive vice president and CFO, will serve as interim CEO while retaining responsibility for finance, and Harvey C. Jones was appointed the company’s first board chair; the board is considering internal and external permanent successors.
The departure of the long-time leader of a major AI-chip company represents a significant change in executive leadership, although NVIDIA said its existing business strategy and product roadmap would continue.
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輝達（Nvidia）創辦人黃仁勳因婚外情醜聞辭去執行長職務，美國加州聖克拉拉總部外於 11 月 12 日出現多束鮮花及蠟燭，有人將花束放在寫有 NVIDIA 標誌及門牌號碼「2788」的招牌下方。
NVIDIA 總部入口招牌前擺放數束鮮花，部分為白色花束；有人也被拍到在招牌前放下一支置於玻璃罐內的白色蠟燭、及部分網友形容場面猶如為「黃仁勳時代」舉行告別式。
NVIDIA 於美國時間 11 月 12 日發表公告，確認黃仁勳辭去公司總裁、執行長及董事職務，即時生效。執行副總裁暨財務長科萊特·克雷斯（Colette Kress）待任代理執行長，同時繼續負責財務工作；董事會將物色正式接班人，內部及外部人選都會納入考慮。