Meet Colette Kress, Nvidia’s New Interim CEO
Source: WIRED (opens in a new tab) · Lauren Goode, Louise Matsakis
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WIRED reports that Nvidia's longtime Chief Financial Officer, Colette Kress, has stepped into the role of interim Chief Executive Officer. The leadership transition follows the sudden resignation of longtime CEO Jensen Huang.
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A top leadership change at the primary provider of AI compute hardware creates potential strategic uncertainty for enterprise hardware supply chains, hyperscaler infrastructure planning, and ongoing semiconductor market competition.
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