NVIDIA Appoints Jones as First Board Chair, with Over 30 Years of Technology Management and Investment Experience

TechFlow: On November 12, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) announced today that Jensen Huang will step down from his roles as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member effective immediately. Harvey C. Jones has been appointed as the company's first Chairman of the Board. Jones has served as Managing Partner at the private investment firm Square Wave Ventures since 2004 and possesses over 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship, high-tech corporate management, and venture capital. In 1981, he co-founded the computer-aided engineering firm Daisy Systems, eventually serving as its President and CEO until 1987.

From 1987 to 1998, he led Synopsys, a major electronic design automation company, serving as CEO for seven years and subsequently as Executive Chairman. In 1997, Jones co-founded Tensilica, a private technology intellectual property company specializing in the development and licensing of high-performance embedded processor cores. He served as Tensilica's Chairman of the Board from its founding until it was acquired by Cadence in 2013. Jones holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science from Georgetown University and a master's degree in management from MIT. He joined NVIDIA's board in 1993. (Jin10)