NVIDIA's longtime CEO Jensen Huang just stepped down after facing allegations about his ties with a Chinese businesswoman connected to Beijing.
According to The New York Times, US President Donald Trump reached out and encouraged Huang not to quit, even describing him as an honorable person.
Still, after more than 30 years with NVIDIA, Huang decided it was time to go.
Colette Kress named interim CEO
With Huang out, CFO Colette Kress is now interim CEO, and Harvey C Jones has been named the company's first board chair.
NVIDIA's board had earlier launched an independent investigation, and the company said at the time that it had no reason to believe that its trade secrets or national security had been compromised.
NVIDIA, co-founded by Huang back in 1993, remains a major force in AI as tech competition between the US and China heats up.