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title: "Nvidia appoints ex-Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair; the board's Jensen Huang exit press release does not include a quote from Huang (Hayden Field/The Verge)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/nvidia-appoints-ex-synopsys-ceo-harvey-c-jones-as-its-first-ever-board-a50e3378
published: 2026-11-12T14:25:37.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Nvidia appoints ex-Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair; the board's Jensen Huang exit press release does not include a quote from Huang (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-12 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/nvidia-appoints-ex-synopsys-ceo-harvey-c-jones-as-its-first-ever-board-a50e3378

Hayden Field / The Verge : Nvidia appoints ex-Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair; the board's Jensen Huang exit press release does not include a quote from Huang — After reports of Huang's two extramarital affairs with an alleged spy and an Nvidia executive, he's out, and Nvidia CFO Colette Kress is in.

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261112/p29#a261112p29)

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