Big update: Jensen Huang *resigned on Nov 12* as President, CEO and director after 33 years. No official reason given in the filing.
Nvidia appointed CFO *Colette Kress as Interim CEO* while it searches for a permanent CEO. It also appointed Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever Board Chair. 470f
Nvidia says the search is still at an early stage and it has not formally engaged any candidate yet. d5f5
The Frontrunners Candidate Who They Are Odds / Buzz **Ian Buck** Nvidia VP of Hyperscale & HPC, inventor of CUDA **~42%** on Kalshi - clear frontrunner **Colette Kress** Current Interim CEO, CFO since 2013 **~12%** to become permanent, down from 49% earlier **Rene Haas** CEO of Arm, ex-Nvidia exec until 2013 **~7-10%**, board reportedly approached him **Johny Srouji** Apple's Chief Hardware Officer **~9%**, top external tech candidate **Lisa Su** CEO of AMD, Huang's cousin Mentioned in FT / social buzz, but widely seen as unlikely to leave AMD **Tim Cook** Former Apple CEO ~4%, mostly after Trump posted "A Legend replaces a Legend!" endorsing him e27dd5f5post-253012584058284636757f57d
Why It's So Messy
Nvidia had *no formal succession plan* and no publicly identified heir. Huang had ∼60 senior execs reporting directly to him, so there was no obvious #2. 8b62
Author Tae Kim, who wrote _The Nvidia Way_, says only two real choices make sense to keep Nvidia thriving: *Rene Haas or Ian Buck*, plus retaining GPU engineering chief Jonah Alben to keep the roadmap intact. dd4b
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