Colette Kress

Colette Kress continues to steer Nvidia through a period of unprecedented demand for products like Blackwell GPUs—graphics processing unit chips that power AI-related computing tasks. Kress has managed financial risks and opportunities as the tech giant has ramped up massive-scale production and sales. She joined Nvidia as CFO in September 2013, after holding senior finance roles at Cisco and Microsoft. During Kress’s tenure, Nvidia has become one of the world’s most valuable companies, with its market cap reaching a high of almost $3.5 trillion and currently hovering near $3 trillion. For fiscal 2025, Nvidia posted record results, with revenue reaching $130.5 billion—more than the $60.9 billion earned the previous year.