Cramer says Huang's exit "had to happen," backs Kress

The CNBC host expresses confidence in Nvidia's interim leader while stopping short of calling the stock a buy.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 104,347 views a day, 31 times a normal first day on this channel (3,345).

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Jim Cramer has a clear preference for who should steady Nvidia, but a much less certain answer for anyone thinking of buying its shares.

In CNBC Television's Short about Jensen Huang's resignation, Cramer backs interim CEO Colette Kress, drawing on his many conversations with her. "And I think she'll provide some needed order," he says. "So, I'm glad that she's the one that they've given it to."

His endorsement follows a blunt opening judgment that Huang's departure "had to happen." CNBC reports that Huang resigned effective immediately and that the board appointed Kress, the company's chief financial officer, to take over temporarily.

The clip drew about 77,000 views in its first 13 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for a Short. Nvidia's leadership change is also drawing unusually large audiences to CNBC's longer discussions, including the Halftime Report Investment Committee's examination of the stock's swings and a fuller Squawk Box conversation featuring Cramer.

Cramer's distinction is between confidence in the incoming leader and confidence about what to pay for the company. He pushes back against dismissing Nvidia's workforce without Huang, yet offers no straightforward buying endorsement: "Do I want to buy the stock right now? Who the hell knows what the stock is?"

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The numbers

Cramer's Short is running well ahead of CNBC Television's usual pace for the format. Several longer discussions of Nvidia's leadership change are also drawing unusually large audiences.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,345

this video

104,347

subscribers

3,420,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

2,714,964,054

views per day

1,438,112

typical day: 1,077,120

the video

views

77,044

likes

528

comments

115

days online

1

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As of November 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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