Jensen Huang didn’t show confidence in his successor, report says

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Ivan Mehta

Fri, November 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM PST 1 min read

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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described Colette Kress, the company's CFO who has now replaced him as interim CEO, as "a deer in the headlights" during a presentation earlier in the summer, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an anonymous source.

Huang made the comment during a meeting with Nvidia's finance team about the company's plans to provide guarantees worth billions of dollars to data center operators that couldn't afford to buy its chips up front, according to the report.

He reportedly also said Kress was a person who couldn't help him steer strategy or decision-making.

Kress has been with Nvidia for over 13 years now, after serving as SVP and CFO of Cisco's Business Technology and Operations Finance.…