Who is Collette Kress, NVIDIA's interim CEO?

Collette Kress, NVIDIA's interim CEO, took over the role of the AI and gaming giant's founder, Jensen Huang, who recently resigned. Kress, who has spent 25 years in various finance roles before joining NVIDIA in 2013, has been named as Huang's temporary replacement. The company's board expressed full confidence in Kress and the leadership team, expecting operations, customer commitments, and product roadmap to continue without interruption.

Kress, the company's current executive vice president and chief financial officer, is a relative unknown but inherits a tumultuous time for NVIDIA. Huang's departure follows a series of revelations about his personal life, including an affair with a former tech executive accused of being a Chinese intelligence asset. Prior to these revelations, NVIDIA did not have a succession plan in place.

Kress's leadership comes at a critical juncture for the company, which recorded a record $215.9 billion in revenue in fiscal 2026, up from $4.28 billion when she joined in 2013.