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Colette Kress
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Colette Kress

American business executive

Colette Kress (born 1967) is an American financial analyst and business executive who has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nvidia since 2013. She previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Cisco's Business Technology and Operations Finance Section and of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division.2

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Born 1967.1

About

She has been a billionaire since July 2025.

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Companies

  • NvidiaChief financial officer Sep 2013 to now9

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

  • Nvidia NVDA1,036,695 shares10$228.9M at $220.82Sep 18, 2026

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

  • Sep 17, 2026Sold 9,868 shares at $219.59 of Nvidia10
  • Sep 17, 2026Sold 20,369 shares at $219.02 of Nvidia10
  • Sep 17, 2026Sold 4,681 shares at $218.01 of Nvidia10
  • Sep 16, 2026Shares withheld for tax 40,747 shares at $212.17 of Nvidia10
  • Jun 17, 2026Shares withheld for tax 40,746 shares at $207.41 of Nvidia11
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 471 shares at $177.51 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 1,034 shares at $176.83 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 3,876 shares at $175.82 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 1,316 shares at $174.75 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 734 shares at $173.63 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 2,339 shares at $172.71 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 230 shares at $171.97 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 453 shares at $177.51 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 999 shares at $176.83 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 4,156 shares at $175.79 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 1,051 shares at $174.73 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 765 shares at $173.63 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 2,396 shares at $172.71 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 180 shares at $172.00 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 1,907 shares at $177.51 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 4,212 shares at $176.83 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 18,020 shares at $175.78 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 4,225 shares at $174.73 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 3,307 shares at $173.63 of Nvidia12
  • Mar 20, 2026Sold 10,264 shares at $172.71 of Nvidia12

Early life and education

Kress earned a Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

  • Since 2013Chief financial officer, Nvidia3 4

She started her career by rising to the rank of Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division and then of Cisco's Business Technology and Operations Finance Section.

Kress joined Nvidia as CFO after a two-year search in September 2013, where she was seen as unlikely to cause a significant change in the company's core business of selling graphics chips but was seen as a potential support for the expansion to tablets and computers. At this point, Nvidia was the smallest company she had worked for.

In 2018, during the Bank of America Global Tech Conference, Kress stated that despite the reduction in crypto, autonomous vehicles and gaming would drive the remaining demand.

She has been seen as instrumental in Nvidia's rapid rise to prominence during the rise of Artificial Intelligence. As the company has rapidly grown, she has led the digitization effort of manual processes. She has continually discussed the importance of AI and its growth.

She has helped direct Nvidia's many investments in other companies, and spoke publicly about the discussions between OpenAI and Nvidia for investments. She has also worked on Nvidia's "matchmaking" efforts to support customers for other needs such as data center space.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6

She was first ranked as a billionaire on July 29, 2025, making her one of the few CFOs to become billionaires.

She was included as a 2024 winner of The New Era in Business in Chief. She was ranked as #49 on Fortune's Most Powerful Women list in 2026. She was ranked as #37 on Forbes's Most Powerful Women list in 2025 and #32 on Forbes's Richest Self-Made Women list in 2026. She was included in the MarketWatch 50 in 2023 as an AI Player.

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Sources

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