Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?

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Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO amid reports of affairs; CFO Colette Kress takes over as interim CEO.

Summary

Nvidia's Board of Directors announced that co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang has resigned effective immediately after reports of affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and a direct report. CFO and EVP Colette Kress has been appointed interim CEO. Kress, 59, has been with Nvidia since 2013 and previously held finance roles at Cisco and Microsoft. She holds a finance degree from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. With an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, she has been a regular presence on earnings calls. Kress stated her commitment to building on Nvidia's foundation and focusing on customers, partners, developers, and shareholders. Nvidia will report quarterly earnings on Tuesday.

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