Jensen Huang resigned as CEO of Nvidia on Thursday following revelations that his affair with a tech executive and alleged Chinese spy wasn’t his only extramarital relationship. The decision followed allegations on Wednesday that he had also slept with a separate executive at Nvidia in a bombshell New York Times report.
In a press release Thursday morning , Nvidia announced that Huang had resigned as president, CEO, and a member of the company’s board, effective immediately. Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer since 2013, will serve as interim CEO while retaining her CFO duties. The board said it would consider both internal and external candidates for a permanent replacement. Nvidia also named longtime board member Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair.…