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Polymarket Bets on Jensen Huang's Successor: Ian Buck and CFO Kress Lead

2026-11-12 16:56

TechFlow news, Nov. 12, according to Polymarket data, in the 'Nvidia's next CEO' prediction market, Ian Buck, vice president responsible for the data center business, currently leads with a probability of about 24.5%.

Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress ranks second at about 22%, while the probability that 'Jensen Huang stays on with no CEO change' is about 20.5%.

The remaining candidates each have less than 5% probability: Arm CEO Rene Haas and Nvidia Executive Vice President of Global Business Jay Puri are each about 4%, Nvidia CTO Michael Kagan and Executive Vice President of Operations Debora Shoquist are each about 2.4%, AMD CEO Lisa Su and Nvidia co-founder Chris Malachowsky are each about 2%, and Jensen Huang's daughter Madison Huang is about 1.9%.

Another market shows the probability that Jensen Huang announces his resignation or is ousted by year-end is about 75.5%.

Previously, The New York Times reported that Jensen Huang had an extramarital affair with Nvidia's Vice President of Healthcare Kimberly Powell, and The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia's board was preparing to oust Huang. According to Reuters, the board met late Wednesday evening ET to discuss the matter, and no decision has been announced yet.

Source: TechFlow