JUST IN: Colette Kress is stepping in as Nvidia’s interim CEO after Jensen Huang’s sudden departure.

This is bigger than a leadership change.

For over three decades, Jensen Huang was more than Nvidia’s CEO. He was the face of its vision, strategy, and AI ambitions.

Now the market has to confront a question it rarely needed to price in:

How much of Nvidia’s valuation depends on one person?

Kress brings more than a decade of experience as Nvidia’s CFO, with deep knowledge of its financial operations and business strategy.

But managing the financial engine and carrying the founder’s technological vision are two different challenges.

The immediate focus will be leadership continuity, investor confidence, and execution.

Nvidia’s AI demand story hasn't automatically disappeared.

But its leadership risk has changed.

The real test isn't whether Nvidia can survive without Jensen. It's whether it can maintain its strategic momentum without the person who built it.

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