Active Executive SearchAnnounced Nov 12, 2026

Nvidia Next CEO — Search & Transition Tracker

Jensen Huang's retirement on November 12, 2026 marks the end of one of the longest and most transformative founder-CEO tenures in modern tech history. The Board is evaluating internal architects of Nvidia's hardware and CUDA software ecosystems alongside external candidates.

Outgoing Executive

Jensen Huang

Tenure completed: 33 years 7 months

Departure date: Nov 12, 2026

Interim Leadership

Colette Kress

Interim CEO & CFO

Appointed: Nov 12, 2026

Search Expected Timeline

H1 2027

Nvidia Board of Directors (Independent Committee)

Succession Candidates & Profile Watchlist

Evaluating internal operational architects and external semiconductor leaders.

Pre-Appointment Skeleton

Colette KressInternal Candidate

Interim CEO & CFO

Served as CFO since 2013 and holds profound institutional trust from Wall Street and internal engineering teams.

Ian BuckInternal Candidate

Vice President of Hyperscale and HPC

Original creator of CUDA during his Stanford doctoral research; long-time leader of Nvidia's data center compute business.

Deepu TallaInternal Candidate

Vice President of Robotics and Edge AI

Spearheads Nvidia's physical AI and autonomous systems division, viewed as key to Nvidia's next growth horizon.

External High-Profile Tech ExecutiveExternal Track

Confidential Search

The Board has retained an executive search firm to evaluate prominent semiconductor and cloud software leaders.

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