GoKawiilColette Kress named Nvidia interim CEO after Jensen Huang resigns
Nvidia has appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO following Jensen Huang's resignation, which came amid reports of two extramarital affairs, one involving a suspected Chinese spy. The Wall Street Journal reported that Huang had previously berated Kress in a summer meeting, calling her "a deer in the headlights" and suggesting she was better suited to reporting numbers than shaping strategy. Kress had also reportedly pushed back on some of Huang's decisions, including scaling back Nvidia's commitment to a large OpenAI data center deal and questioning financing arrangements tied to customers who couldn't afford Nvidia's chips.
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The leadership change could signal a shift in how Nvidia approaches risk, given Kress's reported skepticism toward some of Huang's more aggressive financing and expansion decisions. Her public praise for Huang in her staff memo suggests she may aim for continuity rather than a dramatic strategic break, though her track record of pushing back internally raises questions about how independent her leadership might be. The episode also highlights internal tensions at Nvidia that were not previously public, which could affect investor and employee confidence during the transition.
- Colette Kress, Nvidia's CFO, has become interim CEO after Jensen Huang's resignation.
- Huang reportedly criticized Kress harshly in a summer meeting, per The Wall Street Journal.
- Kress had previously pushed back on some of Huang's financing and deal-making decisions, including scaling down the OpenAI data center commitment.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Jonathan Small, 2026-11-13
Published there as: “Months Before His Fall, Jensen Huang Called His CFO ‘a Deer in the Headlights.’ Now’s She’s Running Nvidia.”
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