Colette Kress

Colette Kress is an American financial analyst and business executive who is the interim chief executive officer (CEO) of NVIDIA after controversies surrounding and subsequent resignation of the former CEO Jensen Huang. ^{[1] [2]}

She previously served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of NVIDIA since 2013. She previously served as CFO of Cisco's Business Technology and Operations Finance Section and of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division. ^[2]

Early Life & Education

Kress earned a Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. ^[1]

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Colette Kress started her career by rising to the role of Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division and then of Cisco's Business Technology and Operations Finance Section. ^[1]

She joined NVIDIA as CFO after a two-year search in September 2013, where she was seen as unlikely to cause a significant change in the company's core business of selling graphics chips but was seen as a potential support for the expansion to tablets and computers. At this point, NVIDIA was the smallest company she had worked for

In 2018, during the Bank of America Global Tech Conference, Kress said that despite the reduction in cryptocurrency, autonomous vehicles and gaming would drive demand.

She has been instrumental in NVIDIA's rapid rise to prominence during the rise of Artificial Intelligence. As the company has rapidly grown, she has led the digitization effort of manual processes. She has frequently discussed the importance of AI and its growth.

She has helped direct NVIDIA's many investments in other companies, and spoke publicly about the discussions between OpenAI and NVIDIA for investments. She has also worked on Nvidia's "matchmaking" efforts to support customers for other needs such as data center space.

On November 12, 2026, Colette Kress was announced as the new interim CEO of Nvidia after the resignation of Jensen Huang. ^[3]