{
  "id": 19660129,
  "title": "Meet Colette Kress, Nvidia’s New Interim CEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/meet-colette-kress-nvidias-new-interim-ceo",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T14:14:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wired Business",
    "slug": "wired-business",
    "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/who-is-colette-kress-the-woman-who-could-succeed-jensen-huang/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Colette Kress has been appointed as the interim CEO of Nvidia, following the departure of founder and former CEO Jensen Huang. According to Harvey Jones, the newly appointed chair of Nvidia's board, Kress has helped lead the company through a period of extraordinary growth and has a deep understanding of the business, customers, operations, and financial position. She will be supported by an experienced leadership team and the board has full confidence in her. Kress was a logical choice for the role due to her long tenure at Nvidia, credibility on Wall Street, and deep familiarity with the company's business and finances. She has been managing Nvidia's relationship with Wall Street and has been responsible for detailing the company's financial performance on earnings calls. Kress has a strong, professional, and knowledgeable demeanor, but lacks the same engineering and technical expertise as Huang. The company's unusual corporate structure means that Kress is the only executive who has the same level of understanding of the company's financials as Huang.",
  "summary": "Nvidia’s longtime chief financial officer helped transform the company into an AI powerhouse. Now she’s taking the reins following Jensen Huang’s resignation on Thursday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}