Nvidia director Persis Drell resigns with $26 million worth of stock after decade on board

Signage ahead of the Nvidia Live event at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.Nvidia director Persis Drell, an engineering professor at Stanford, resigned on Wednesday after just over a decade on the chipmaker's board of directors, the company said in a filing with the SEC on Friday. Drell, 69, stepped down to pursue a "new professional opportunity," Nvidia said, and not because of a disagreement with company or any matter related to its operations or policies. Drell, who served on th ...