"Deer In Headlights": Jensen Huang Once Mocked Nvidia's Now Interim CEO

Nvidia's outgoing CEO Jensen Huang reportedly once made fun of Colette Kress, who has now taken over as the company's interim chief executive officer. Huang called Kress "a deer in the headlights" during an office meeting in August.

The meeting was attended by Nvidia's senior finance team, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).Huang had called them to discuss the company's growing financial deals with AI cloud companies and data centre developers. These companies were looking for financial help to buy Nvidia's expensive chips.According to the WSJ report, quoting people familiar with the meeting, Huang interrupted Kress while she was giving a presentation.

He called her a "reporting CFO" and said she could not help him make business plans or take important decisions.Huang was worried that Nvidia had promised too much money to other companies. He pointed out that major cloud companies were now looking at other chips and trying to reduce their dependence on Nvidia.