Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid spy allegations; CFO named interim chief

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday amid reports of extramarital affairs, including one with a businesswoman U.S. intelligence suspects of being a Chinese spy, prompting an internal investigation and leadership transition. CFO Colette Kress was named interim CEO. Kress, who joined Nvidia over 13 years ago from Cisco, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments, said she is committed to building on Huang's foundation. The board is considering internal and external candidates for a permanent CEO, and Harvey C. Jones was named the company's first chairman. Huang apologized to employees for being "unfaithful to my wife" after reports surfaced. Nvidia said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, while U.S. lawmakers call for further investigations and China denies the spying allegations.


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