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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns, Colette Kress named interim chief: Live updates
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has faced increased scrutiny since revealing an affair.
Follow live updates on the investigation, NVDA stock and succession plans. Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, joined Nvidia in 2013. Listen · 2:33 min - Share full article - - Colette Kress, Nvidia’s chief financial officer, in a photo distributed by the company on Thursday.Credit...Nvidia, via ReutersBy Adam Satariano Colette Kress, a longtime Nvidia executive, was appointed by the board of directors as the new/interim/CK leader.
Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, joined Nvidia in 2013. She has worked closely with Mr. Huang as the company transitioned from a niche maker of graphics processors used for video games to a company at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.
She previously worked for Cisco and Microsoft. She has an undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Arizona and a M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. Huang interviewed 22 candidates before hiring Ms.
Kress’s young sons, who were avid gamers, encouraged her to join Nvidia. During her first week on the job, Ms. Huang how long he thought he would want her in the role.
“I said, ‘For as long as we shall live and death do us part,’” Mr. Jensen said in a podcast appearance this year. China: During her time as chief financial officer, Ms.
