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

on Nov. 12, according to Polymarket data, in the "NVIDIA Next CEO" prediction market, Ian Buck, Vice President overseeing the data center business, currently leads with a probability of approximately 24.5%.

Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress ranks second at roughly 22%, while the probability of Jensen Huang remaining in his post with no change in CEO is about 20.5%.

All other candidates hold probabilities below 5%: Arm CEO Rene Haas and NVIDIA Executive Vice President of Worldwide Business Jay Puri both sit at around 4%; NVIDIA CTO Michael Kagan and Executive Vice President of Operations Debora Shoquist both hover near 2.4%; AMD CEO Lisa Su and NVIDIA co-founder Chris Malachowsky each stand at roughly 2%; and Jensen Huang's daughter Madison Huang accounts for about 1.9%.

Another market indicates a roughly 75.5% probability that Jensen Huang will announce his resignation or be ousted before the end of the year.

Earlier reports from The New York Times cited an extramarital affair between Jensen Huang and NVIDIA Healthcare Business Executive Vice President Kimberly Powell, while The Wall Street Journal reported that NVIDIA's board is preparing to remove Jensen Huang. According to Reuters, the board convened late Wednesday Eastern Time to discuss the situation, and no decision has been made public yet.