Nvidia Names Colette Kress Interim CEO as Succession Search Begins

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Nvidia CFO Colette Kress has been named interim CEO following Jensen Huang's abrupt resignation amid scandals involving extramarital affairs, leaving the permanent succession undecided. The company will consider both internal and external candidates. Kress, 59, a Nvidia executive since 2013 with prior roles at Cisco and Microsoft, is considered a possible permanent option. New Chairman Harvey Jones called her a "key architect" of Nvidia's growth strategy, though she lacks Huang's technical background. Internal candidate Ian Buck, inventor of the CUDA software architecture, leads betting markets with 35.5 percent odds. External names include AMD CEO Lisa Su, ARM CEO Rene Haas, and Apple hardware chief Johny Srouji. President Donald Trump suggested former Apple CEO Tim Cook as successor. The new leader must defend Nvidia's AI chip dominance amid rising competition and manage geopolitical challenges, while the company's revenue recently doubled to $96.2 billion.


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