Trump Floats Tim Cook to Replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO
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Summary
Donald Trump proposed Tim Cook as a successor to Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO after Nvidia announced Huang’s immediate resignation. Nvidia named CFO Colette Kress interim CEO and began searching for a permanent replacement.Key Facts
- Trump called Cook the only person who should replace Huang as Nvidia CEO.
- Nvidia said Huang resigned as president, CEO and board member, effective immediately.
- Nvidia appointed CFO Colette Kress interim CEO.
- Nvidia’s board said it would consider internal and external candidates for the permanent role.
- Technology analyst Dan Ives said he viewed Cook as the leading candidate.
- Cook stepped down as Apple CEO on September 1 and became the company’s executive chairman.
- Other names raised as possible successors included Nvidia executives Michael Kagan and Ian Buck, AMD CEO Lisa Su and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
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