Colette Kress leads Nvidia after 13 years

Nvidia named Colette Kress, its finance chief for 13 years, as temporary chief executive, the company said on the 12th of November 2026. She took over after Jensen Huang resigned.

Kress, 59, keeps her finance job while the board looks for a permanent boss, a company filing shows. The board will consider people from inside and outside Nvidia.

Who is Colette Kress

Kress joined Nvidia in September 2013, after nearly 25 years in finance at firms including Cisco and Microsoft, Nvidia said. She often spoke for the company on its results calls.

Former Cisco chief John Chambers praised her to NBC News. "She is an amazing leader," he said.

A first chair for the board

Harvey Jones, 73, became the first chair in Nvidia's history, the filing shows. He has sat on the board since 1993.

Jones told staff in an email that the board has "full confidence" in Kress, CNBC reported. Kress wrote that it had been "an extraordinarily difficult period".

Below we break down the next days

Nvidia still plans to report results on the 17th of November, the company said. That is 5 days after the news of her new role, by our arithmetic.

Kress also called a staff meeting for the 18th of November, CNBC reported. Results day falls 1 day before that meeting.

What is confirmed and what is not

Nvidia's news page is dated the 12th of November. The filing says the board accepted Huang's resignation on the 11th of November, US time.

Huang left after reports of an affair with a woman US officials suspect of spying for China, NBC News reported. China has called the spy claims groundless, Reuters reported.

Nvidia's notice does not mention those reports.

Key facts

Colette Kress is interim chief executive of Nvidia.

She stays finance chief, a job she has held since 2013.

Harvey Jones is the board's first chair.

Results are due on the 17th of November.