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Colette Kress may take a more conservative approach than Jensen Huang; sources say she sometimes pushed back on his riskier deals like backstopping OpenAI (Phoebe Liu/The Information)

Source: TECHMEME · NOV 12, 2026

Phoebe Liu / The Information : Colette Kress may take a more conservative approach than Jensen Huang; sources say she sometimes pushed back on his riskier deals like backstopping OpenAI — Nvidia's appointment Thursday of its longtime chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim CEO will force the finance veteran …

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