{"id":115665,"date":"2026-11-12T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/who-is-nvidia-interim-ceo-colette-kress-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:22:44","slug":"who-is-nvidia-interim-ceo-colette-kress-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/who-is-nvidia-interim-ceo-colette-kress-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Nvidia interim CEO Colette Kress? | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kress joined Nvidia in 2013 as CFO and has regularly appeared on earnings calls with CEO Huang<\/p>\n

Nvidia’s Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress poses for a photo in an unknown location. Nvidia\/Handout via REUTERS\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\n

Nvidia finance chief Colette Kress is set to take over as interim CEO from Jensen Huang<\/a>, the company said on Thursday, putting her in charge of the chipmaker whose processors \u200bpower the world’s most advanced supercomputers and AI data centres.<\/p>\n

The appointment comes after \u200cthe board ousted co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang amid reports of two extramarital affairs, one with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.<\/p>\n

CFO since 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kress joined Nvidia in September 2013 \u200bas executive vice president and chief financial officer and has held the post since. \u200bShe has appeared alongside Jensen Huang on the company’s quarterly earnings calls.<\/p>\n

Nvidia’s \u2060revenue was $4.13 billion in the fiscal year she joined and $215.9 billion in fiscal 2026.<\/p>\n

Career before \u200bNvidia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before Nvidia, Kress spent eight years in finance roles at Texas Instruments, then worked at Microsoft \u200bfrom 1997 to 2010. At Microsoft, she became chief financial officer of the Server and Tools division in 2006, with responsibility for its financial strategy, planning and reporting.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately<\/a><\/p>\n

She moved to Cisco in 2010 as senior vice president \u200band chief financial officer of its Business Technology and Operations Finance organisation, where she was \u200bresponsible for financial strategy and business development. She left for Nvidia in 2013.<\/p>\n

Education and experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kress holds a bachelor \u200cof \u2060science degree in finance from the University of Arizona and a master of business administration degree from Southern Methodist University, according to Nvidia’s annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n

She joined Nvidia after nearly 25 years in finance roles at major technology companies, Fortune \u200breported in 2024. She \u200btold Fortune Nvidia was \u2060the smallest company she had worked for when she started there in 2013.<\/p>\n

Contract terms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Executive officers at Nvidia are employed at will and have no \u200bindividual employment, severance or change-in-control agreements, according to the company’s proxy \u200bstatement. Nvidia \u2060has said in earlier filings that many of its peer companies offer such agreements.<\/p>\n

Regulatory filings show Kress’ pay includes restricted stock units, including a March 2026 award that vests over four years.<\/p>\n

Wealth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forbes ranks \u2060Kress No. \u200b32 on its 2026 list of America’s richest self-made \u200bwomen. Her shares in the chip firm were valued at roughly $750 million, as of Wednesday’s close, down from more than $1 \u200bbillion at the stock’s peak last month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kress joined Nvidia in 2013 as CFO and has regularly appeared on earnings calls with CEO Huang Nvidia’s Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress poses for a photo in an unknown location. Nvidia\/Handout via REUTERS\u00a0 Nvidia finance chief Colette Kress is set to take over as interim CEO from Jensen Huang, the company said on Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/nvidiaceo1794494084-0\/nvidiaceo1794494084-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t