NVIDIA Appoints Colette Kress as Interim CEO After Jensen Huang Resigns

Colette Kress, the companys current CFO, will take over as Interim CEO while continuing in her finance role. NVIDIAs board will look for a permanent CEO and consider both internal and external candidates.

Colette Kress joined NVIDIA in September 2013 and has served as its CFO since then. She has played an important role in managing the company’s finances, and supporting its growth. Before joining NVIDIA, she spent nearly 25 years working in finance roles at technology companies, including Cisco and Microsoft.

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NVIDIA has also appointed Harvey C. Jones as its first Chair of the Board. He has more than 30 years of experience in technology, business and venture investing. He previously served as CEO and Executive Chairman of Synopsys.

Jensen has made a major contribution to NVIDIA and the technology industry. The board, and the company have thanked him for his leadership and the role he played in building NVIDIA into one of the world's leading technology companies.

“Colette has helped lead NVIDIA through a period of extraordinary growth and has a deep understanding of our business, customers, operations and financial position,” said Harvey Jones, Chair of the NVIDIA Board of Directors. “She is supported by an experienced leadership team that has been instrumental in executing NVIDIA’s strategy and advancing its technology roadmap.

“NVIDIA’s strength has always come from its people, and together with our leadership team, I am committed to building on the extraordinary foundation Jensen created over the last 33 years,” said Colette Kress, Interim CEO and CFO, NVIDIA. “We will continue advancing the work that has made NVIDIA a leader in accelerated computing and AI, and execute on the opportunities ahead.

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