In 1985, Apple's board pushed out Steve Jobs. Twelve years later, Apple was 90 days from running out of cash, and the board had to bring him back. This morning Nvidia's board pushed out Jensen Huang, the only CEO it's had in 33 years, and they did it four days into their own investigation. That investigation opened Sunday. It's looking at whether Alice Huang (no relation), an executive at a Singapore company that bought billions of dollars of Nvidia chips, was recruited by Chinese intelligence, and the board's own statement said it had no reason to believe any secrets got out. On Wednesday the New York Times reported a second affair, with Kimberly Powell, an Nvidia VP who reports to him. That night the Wall Street Journal said the board was getting ready to push him out, and by Thursday…Read original on X
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Nvidia's board pushes out Jensen Huang; Colette Kress becomes interim CEO
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BREAKING: $NVDA CEO Jensen Huang has resigned. CFO Colette Kress to replace him.Read original on X
Jensen resigned, Colette Kress (finance) is interim CEO They are looking at internal and external candidatesRead original on X
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid spy, affair scandals. After reports of Huang’s two extramarital affairs with an alleged spy and an Nvidia executive, he’s out, and Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is inRead original on X
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LinkedIn is going to go insane when it finds out that Jensen resigned from Nvidia next weekRead original on X
Big news: Jensen Huang has resigned as President, CEO, and a member of the Board, effective immediately. 👀Read original on X
BREAKING: Jensen Huang has resigned as $NVDA CEO, President, and Board Member.Read original on X
Message from Nvidia on the transition Harvey Jones is the Chairman. He co-founded a couple of semiconductor companies in the 80's/90's and has been on the Nvidia board since 1993Read original on X
wow, green smoke seen coming out of Nvidia’s Santa Clara HQ on news that Jensen has resigned CEO/Board roles with CFO Colette Kress becoming CEO on an interim basisRead original on X
Nvidia's board ousted CEO Jensen Huang days after opening an independent investigation into reports that he was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. His successor will face questions about Nvidia's $100 billion in equity investments, including a planned $10 billion stake in Anthropic's IPO next week. Full story:Read original on X
SITUATION DETECTED: Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of Nvidia, effective immediately.Read original on X
BREAKING: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resignedRead original on X
Jensen Huang is out, NVIDIA CFO Colleen Kresse is interim CEO. Big question now is what it means for AI industry to have such a key dealmaker behind supply of compute, investment for both biggest AI companies and smaller startups alike suddenly removed.Read original on X
Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of NVIDIA.Read original on X
🧵 BREAKING: Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia CEO, upending the world’s second-most-valuable company and rattling one of the foundations of the AI economy. Finance chief Colette Kress will become interim CEO.Read original on X
If that Spy’s goal was to destabilize one of the most successful American companies, they achieved their goal. Ousting Jensen feels rushed and not right.Read original on X
Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia CEO, president and board member effective immediately. CFO Colette Kress is now interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.Read original on X
Nvidia is searching for a new CEO after ousting Jensen Huang, who resisted a succession plan and left no clear No. 2 among dozens of direct reports. Huang once told senior colleagues he planned to run the company until he was 120. Full story:Read original on X
Among other things, Jensen Huang's resignation feels like a proper end to the 'lol nothing matters' era of American business and politicsRead original on X
JENSEN OUT | CHIP POLICY TIGHTENS | OPENAI RAISESRead original on X
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Nvidia's board pushes out Jensen Huang; Colette Kress becomes interim CEO
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