Colette Kress is one of the most consequential figures in Silicon Valley — and, as of 12 November 2026, she is suddenly the most watched. After Jensen Huang, the founder who propelled NVIDIA to become one of the world's most valuable companies, resigned as chief executive, Colette Kress was appointed interim CEO by the board. She will also continue to serve in her role as executive vice president and CFO until NVIDIA finds a permanent CEO. Few corporate transitions have been this sudden — or this consequential.
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1967, United States (age 58–59 as of November 2026)
BS Finance, University of Arizona; MBA, Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business
Executive Vice President, CFO & Interim CEO, NVIDIA
~$1–$1.2 billion (Forbes/MarketScreener, 2026)
Colette Kress was born in 1967 in the United States. She has never spoken publicly about her parents or upbringing, keeping that part of her life firmly private.
Kress earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. Those two qualifications set her on a path into corporate finance at a time when the technology industry was just beginning its explosive growth.
