CFO Colette Kress takes over as interim chief executive as the chipmaker faces scrutiny over alleged relationships involving a suspected Chinese intelligence asset and a company employee.
Nvidia had no succession plan to prepare for the possibility of the departure of Huang, who was synonymous with Nvidia for more than 30 years in much the same way Steve Jobs embodied Apple.
Until now, investors have supported the company, and Jensen, as visionary underwriters of the entire AI ecosystem. If that changes, or the company otherwise loses its way, a shortage of GPUs may be th ...
Kress served as Nvidia's executive vice president and CFO ever since, and will now be stepping into the top post amid the company's most tumultuous chapter yet.
