Who Is Colette Kress, Jensen Huang’s Successor as Nvidia CEO?
Summary
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress was named interim CEO after Jensen Huang’s abrupt resignation, while the board searches for a permanent replacement. Kress, who joined Nvidia in 2013 after senior finance roles at Texas Instruments, Microsoft and Cisco, helped oversee the company’s growth from $4.13 billion in annual revenue to $215.9 billion in fiscal 2026. She managed finances during Nvidia’s expansion into AI infrastructure, including the Mellanox acquisition and investments in customers such as CoreWeave. Kress must address investor concerns about AI spending, U.S. chip-export restrictions and maintaining Nvidia’s technical leadership without Huang. Her first major test is the company’s upcoming quarterly earnings report.
