TL;DR
- Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of NVIDIA.
- The move follows two scandals: an affair with a foreign intelligence agent and one with a direct NVIDIA report.
- CFO Colette Kress has been appointed interim CEO as the board searches for a replacement.
In a move that has seemed inevitable for the past few days, Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of NVIDIA, according to a statement from the company.
The decision was announced by NVIDIA’s board of directors who appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO. Kress will serve in both roles until NVIDIA appoints a permanent replacement CEO. The board said it is considering both internal and external candidates.
