Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, exits board; shares plunge

The departure of a founder-era CEO is a governance shock, not a routine succession, and the sharp share reaction reflects how much of Nvidia's story has been bound up with one person's leadership. The immediate burden falls on Colette Kress, who now holds both the CFO and interim CEO roles during a search — a dual mandate that concentrates responsibility at a moment when the board's process and its eventual choice will be read as signals about strategic continuity. Whether the interim arrangement steadies the company or the search itself becomes the market's focus is the open question.