Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement? | TechCrunch

The short version

Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang has resigned amid scandal, with CFO Colette Kress stepping in as interim CEO.

Key takeaways

• Jensen Huang resigned as CEO due to scandal involving affairs.
• Colette Kress has been with Nvidia since 2013 and is now interim CEO.
• Kress previously worked at Cisco and Microsoft.
• She is ranked among America's richest self-made women.

Overall sentiment

Huang's departure indicates turmoil, while Kress's leadership may stabilize Nvidia.

AI classification of the article’s tone. The coverage is limited to key aspects of Huang’s resignation and Kress’s profile.

Sources cited by the article

• announced ↗
• reports that he had affairs ↗
• Nvidia’s website ↗
• Forbes profile ↗
• statement ↗
• AI ↗
• View Bio ↗
• Jensen Huang accused of having another affair — with an Nvidia exec ↗
• The race is on to sue Nvidia ↗
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