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A Scorecard for Huang’s Exit From Nvidia
The ouster of Jensen Huang from the chipmaker he helped found is reverberating throughout Silicon Valley, Washington and beyond.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jensen Huang belittled Colette Kress, then the chipmaker’s C.F.O. and now his interim replacement as C.E.O. (One question: what Kress’s ascension means for Huang’s children and son-in-law, all of whom are executives at Nvidia — and some of whom have clashed with her, according to The Information.)
All this paints an increasingly complicated picture for Nvidia and for Huang, who has been called to testify before Congress. The central figure of the artificial intelligence boom, Jensen Huang, is out as Nvidia’s C.E.O.
Executives, investors and policymakers are trying to sort through the wreckage. Nvidia is being led on an interim basis by its C.F.O., Colette Kress, who must steer the company through increasingly fraught times for the A.I. industry.
Huang’s resignation is continuing to reverberate throughout Silicon Valley and Washington. Shares in Nvidia are up in premarket trading after falling as much as 14 percent on Thursday.
