Who is Colette Kress, Nvidia’s interim CEO? Longtime exec takes top spot after Jensen Huang resigns

CHICAGO (AP) — A proud graduate of SMU and an employee with Nvidia has been appointed as interim CEO. Colette Kress, following Jensen Huang’s resignation Kress, who joined Nvidia in 2013 and served as executive vice president and CFO, steps into the role during a challenging time for the company. Huang, a co-founder of Nvidia, resigned after reports of extramarital affairs surfaced, including one with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy. Kress expressed her commitment to building on Nvidia’s foundation and continuing its leadership in accelerated computing and AI. Before Nvidia, Kress held roles at Cisco, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments.