Nvidia’s board created a post on Thursday that the company had never filled before. Harvey C. Jones is now its first chair, according to Nvidia’s own press release. Jones has spent more than 30 years as an entrepreneur, executive, and venture investor, and he previously ran Synopsys as chief executive and executive chairman.
The release also sets out how the top job gets filled. The board is starting a search for a permanent CEO and will weigh candidates from inside and outside the company. Colette Kress keeps her CFO role while she serves as interim chief executive, so one executive holds both jobs until a successor is named. No timeline is given.
Jones is the release’s voice on continuity. He says the board has full confidence in Kress and her leadership team, and he expects operations, customer commitments, and the product roadmap to carry on uninterrupted. That is a company promise with no outside check attached.
The calendar does not move. Third-quarter fiscal 2027 results arrive Tuesday, November 17, at about 1
p.m. PT. The earnings call follows at 2 p.m. PT.Customers planning around Nvidia’s roadmap get their first test of the no-interruption pledge on November 17.
Nvidia, “NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition,” press release, November 12, 2026.
