NVIDIA said Huang Renxun will step down as president, CEO and board member effective today. According to Odaily, the company appointed Harvey C. Jones as its first board chair.
Jones has been managing partner at private investment firm Square Wave Ventures since 2004 and has more than 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship, high-tech management and venture capital. In 1981, he co-founded computer-aided engineering company Daisy Systems, where he served as president and CEO until 1987.
From 1987 to 1998, Jones led Synopsys, serving as CEO for seven years and as executive chairman. He co-founded privately held technology intellectual property company Tensilica in 1997, which developed and licensed high-performance embedded processor cores. Jones chaired Tensilica’s board from its founding until Cadence Design Systems acquired the company in 2013.
Jones holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined NVIDIA’s board in 1993.