Who is Indian-origin Aarti Shah, who decided Jensen Huang’s fate along with other Nvidia board members?

Nvidia co-founder and chief executive officer Jensen Huang has resigned from the company after 33 years at the helm. Nvidia's chief financial officer Colette Kress has taken over as interim CEO, while long-serving board member Harvey C. Jones has been appointed chairman.

The Nvidia Corp board of directors met to deliberate on Huang's future ahead of his exit on Thursday. The board's members were involved in the leadership decision, with the company now preparing to identify a permanent successor.

Among them is Indian-origin executive Aarti Shah, who joined Nvidia's board in 2020. Here's a look at Shah and the list of other members of the board.


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Who is Aarti Shah?

Shah worked at US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company for 27 years, until 2021. She held several functional and business leadership positions during her tenure, most recently serving as senior vice president and chief information and digital officer.

She also worked as a senior statistician and research scientist, served as vice president for biometrics and was a global brand development leader in the company's Bio-Medicines business unit.

Shah joined Nvidia's board in 2020. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in statistics and mathematics from India and a PhD in applied statistics from the University of California, Riverside.

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Apart from Nvidia, Shah has served on the board of Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz Group AG since 2023. She is also a board member of Northwestern Mutual, a US financial services company, having joined its board in 2020.

She serves on the board of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC). She is also the secretary and a trustee of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur USA.

At Nvidia, Shah is a member of the audit and compensation committees.

Here are other members of Nvidia's board who were involved in deciding Huang’s future

• Harvey C. Jones
• Stephen C. Neal
• Tench Coxe
• John O. Dabiri
• Dawn Hudson
• Melissa B. Lora
• A. Brooke Seawell
• Mark A. Stevens
• Suzanne Nora Johnson