Colette Kress, the CFO who challenged Huang's bets, is Nvidia's interim CEO
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: Colette Kress spent years as the one Nvidia executive willing to check CEO Jensen Huang’s enormous, often risky ambitions. As he drove the chipmaker deeper into multibillion-dollar AI investments, she pushed back, according to two people familiar with the matter on Thursday. Now the 59-year-old finance chief has been handed the top job on an interim basis, while Nvidia…
Colette Kress, the CFO of Nvidia who challenged CEO Jensen Huang's risky ambitions, has been appointed as the interim CEO of the chipmaker while the search for a permanent successor is ongoing. Kress, 59, is known for her pragmatic approach in contrast to Huang's confrontational style. She has been described as a calming force during the tumultuous period following Huang's resignation amid scandal.
Kress joined Nvidia in 2013 after a long career at other tech giants such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Texas Instruments. While many investors and analysts question whether Kress can maintain the technological risk-taking that propelled Nvidia to its current AI chips dominance, she is expected to approach government relations more diplomatically, focusing on capital building and building relationships rather than fighting export control issues.
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