Wired says Jensen Huang omitted Colette Kress from his list of powerful women
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In an exchange with Wired, Jensen Huang named Meta’s Dina Powell and Google’s Ruth Porat as powerful women in technology. After further prompting, he also mentioned Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and COO, but not Colette Kress, then Nvidia’s CFO and now the company’s interim CEO.
Wired had included Kress in a feature about how women’s power in technology can be expressed through financial capital, political influence, cultural norms and technical knowledge. The magazine says that, as interim CEO, Kress now leads a company central to the AI industry, and that Huang’s omission highlights blind spots in how power is assessed in the sector.
Why it matters · editorial interpretation
The episode may fuel debate over how power is recognized in technology: Wired argues that influence also involves financial capital, politics, cultural norms and technical knowledge. The omission is especially relevant because Kress now leads, on an interim basis, a company central to the AI industry, according to the magazine.