Jensen Huang’s Exit Silences the Loudest Voice in U.S.-China Chip Policy

Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia’s chief executive, Nvidia said in a statement Thursday, leaving the most influential corporate voice in the U.S.-China fight over A.I. chips silent. The sudden exit followed two reported extramarital affairs involving the erstwhile CEO. Huang was a key interlocutor on A.I. policy between the two capitals, even helping win a reversal of the Trump administration’s ban on chip sales to China in 2025. Huang co-founded and led the company for more than three decades. He oversaw Nvidia’s growth into the world’s most valuable semiconductor chip designer. Nvidia’s CFO and executive vice president, Colette Kress, was named interim chief executive on Thursday, as confirmed in Nvidia’s 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Harvey Jones, a director at Nvidia since 1993, became the board’s first-ever chair.

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