Who Is Colette Kress? Nvidia Finance Chief Is Stand-In For Jensen Huang

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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)

  Internal deliberations reveal contrasting strategic styles at the top of the semiconductor giant. While leadership often pursues bold initiatives, differing internal risk tolerances have shaped past discussions around major commercial partnerships. This dynamic demonstrates how executive scrutiny has actively influenced proposed commitments to major artificial intelligence ventures.

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• How AI visionary Jensen Huang was undone by his own bad decisions

  The chipmaker's board forced out its co-founder following multiple personal misconduct allegations, including alleged affairs and an investigation into ties with a suspected Chinese spy. Longtime finance executive Colette Kress must now stabilize investor confidence and prevent talent loss at the artificial intelligence titan. The dramatic exit abruptly concludes decades of single-leader dominance and brings severe personal and professional fallout for the former chief executive.

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• UK car industry to press EU for two-year delay to Brexit EV tariffs

  Automotive manufacturers face a looming 10% duty on electric vehicles traded across the English Channel starting on 1 January unless local battery content rules are postponed. Regional supply chains remain critically unprepared after several European gigafactory projects collapsed, forcing ongoing reliance on Asian component suppliers. A multi-year reprieve aims to shield automakers from billions in trade penalties while domestic battery manufacturing capacity scales up.

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