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accession: "0001045810-26-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NVDA"
cik: "0001045810"
company_name: "NVIDIA CORP"
filed_at: "2026-11-12T13:52:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-12T13:55:02.142388+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA CEO; CFO Colette Kress named interim CEO, Harvey Jones board chair

## Summary
- Board accepted Huang's resignation as President, CEO and director effective November 11, 2026; he co-founded NVIDIA and led it 33 years.
- Colette Kress, EVP and CFO since September 2013, serves as interim CEO and keeps CFO duties while board searches internal and external candidates.
- Harvey C. Jones, director since 1993 and former Synopsys CEO/Executive Chairman, appointed NVIDIA's first-ever Chair of the Board.
- Q3 fiscal 2027 results remain scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 1:20 p.m. PT, with earnings call at 2 p.m. PT.
- Kress: committed to building on the foundation Huang created; board expects operations, customer commitments and product roadmap to continue uninterrupted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001045810-26-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NVDA
- cik: 0001045810
- company_name: NVIDIA CORP
- filed_at: 2026-11-12T13:52:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000082/0001045810-26-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000082/nvda-20261111.htm

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