Colette Kress becomes Nvidia's interim CEO after Jensen Huang resigns

Colette Kress becomes Nvidia’s interim CEO after Jensen Huang resigns Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang is out, and the company's chief financial officer Colette Kress is taking over as interim CEO. She'll have to guide the company through an exceptionally challenging time.

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang is out, and the company's chief financial officer Colette Kress is taking over as interim CEO. She'll have to guide the company through an exceptionally challenging time.

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, is out, and the company's chief financial officer is taking over as interim CEO.

This comes after allegations that Huang had multiple affairs, including with a woman who may have been recruited by China to spy on him.

MARTÍNEZ: NPR tech correspondent John Ruwitch has been following the saga. He joins us now to discuss Nvidia's future. So - all right, John. Jensen Huang is out. Who is his in-house replacement?

JOHN RUWITCH, BYLINE: The board said the company's CFO, Colette Kress, is stepping into the role while they search for a permanent replacement for Huang. Kress is a longtime Nvidia executive. She joined Nvidia 13 years ago after working in finance at tech companies for many years before that. You know, Jensen Huang was very much the public face of the company, but Kress has been prominent. She has, for instance, been on dozens of earnings calls alongside Huang when the company reports its quarterly results. So she's a known quantity inside Nvidia, with its investors and with companies it does business with.

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