# Nvidia Faces Worst Week in 18 Months After Huang’s Departure

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-11-13T20:30:52.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-13T20:30:52.000Z
Section: Investing

> CFO Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor. Nvidia’s next earnings release is scheduled for Nov. 17.

Nvidia shares are heading toward their sharpest weekly decline in more than 18 months following the departure of co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang, putting the company’s leadership continuity in focus for investors. As a major AI and market bellwether, Nvidia’s abrupt executive transition has become part of the market’s assessment of its near-term direction.

Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress has assumed the interim CEO role while the board searches for a permanent replacement. The board’s search and the company’s strategic direction are now central questions during the transition as investors weigh confidence in Nvidia after Huang’s exit.

Nvidia’s Nov. 17 earnings release is a near-term update investors will watch. It will arrive during the CEO transition and is a near-term update investors are watching for signs of recovery or further weakness in the stock. The transition also leaves Kress leading the company temporarily as the board seeks a long-term chief executive. Huang co-founded Nvidia and had led it as CEO before his departure.