Nvidia names CFO Colette Kress interim CEO after Huang’s exit

Nvidia CFO Colette Kress has been named interim CEO after the board ousted Jensen Huang amid reports of two extramarital affairs.

Nvidia’s finance chief, Colette Kress, has been named interim chief executive, replacing co-founder Jensen Huang, the company said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

Her appointment follows Huang’s ouster by the board amid reports of two extramarital affairs, including one with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.

Kress joined Nvidia in September 2013 as executive vice president and chief financial officer, a role she has held since.

During her tenure, Nvidia’s annual revenue grew from $4.13 billion to $215.9 billion in fiscal 2026.

Before Nvidia, she spent eight years at Texas Instruments, worked at Microsoft from 1997 to 2010, rising to CFO of its Server and Tools division, and later served as a finance executive at Cisco.

Kress holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Forbes ranks her 32nd on its 2026 list of America’s richest self-made women, with her Nvidia shares valued at about $750 million on Wednesday.