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At Microsoft, she became chief financial officer of the Server and Tools division in 2006, with responsibility for its financial strategy, planning and reporting.She moved to Cisco in 2010 as senior vice president and chief financial officer of its Business Technology and Operations Finance organisation, where she was responsible for financial strategy and business development.
She left for Nvidia in 2013.Kress holds a bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Arizona and a master of business administration degree from Southern Methodist University, according to Nvidia's annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.She joined Nvidia after nearly 25 years in finance roles at major technology companies, Fortune reported in 2024.
She told Fortune Nvidia was the smallest company she had worked for when she started there in 2013.Executive officers at Nvidia are employed at will and have no individual employment, severance or change-in-control agreements, according to the company's proxy statement.
Nvidia has said in earlier filings that many of its peer companies offer such agreements.Regulatory filings show Kress' pay includes restricted stock units, including a March 2026 award that vests over four years.Forbes ranks Kress No. 32 on its 2026 list of America's richest self-made women.
Her shares in the chip firm were valued at roughly $750 million, as of Wednesday's close, down from more than $1 billion at the stock's peak last month.
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