Colette Kress takes Nvidia's top job while keeping the books
Bloomberg Tech's interview with Sara Araghi makes the case for an experienced insider as Nvidia begins its search for a permanent CEO.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 92,792 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (5,435).
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Running Nvidia and overseeing its finances are now the same person's responsibility. Colette Kress will remain CFO while serving as interim CEO following Jensen Huang's departure, Bloomberg Tech reports.
For Franklin Templeton portfolio manager Sara Araghi, Kress's familiarity with the company matters. She points to more than a decade at Nvidia, earlier roles at Microsoft, Texas Instruments and Cisco, and relationships across the technology industry. Her argument is that Kress brings more than command of the accounts: she understands the technology and the people around it.
"She has been truly a right hand to Jensen," Araghi says.
The interview addresses a problem investors call "key man risk": how much a company's fortunes depend on one individual. Araghi draws a comparison with Apple after Steve Jobs, arguing that Nvidia's established platform can endure with the right leadership. It is a case for continuity, rather than an assertion that a founder is easily replaced.
The segment reached about 62,000 views in its first eleven hours, already well beyond Bloomberg Tech's usual full first day for comparable uploads. Separate discussions of Nvidia's legal exposure and its future without Huang also drew unusually fast starts, though the Kress profile attracted the largest audience of the three.
The permanent appointment remains open. Bloomberg reports that the board will consider candidates from inside and outside Nvidia, with longtime director Harvey C. Jones becoming its first board chair.
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- Bloomberg Tech
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
- 67,293 (on a normal day: 84,439)
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
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- 92,792
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