Tim Cook for Nvidia CEO? Trump and the world ponder who's next
NVDA•Nvidia's board is open to insider and outsider candidates for a permanent CEO after the company parted ways with Jensen Huang. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO, while candidates discussed include Ian Buck, Rene Haas, Pat Gelsinger, Lisa Su, Sanjay Mehrotra, Matt Murphy, Johny Srouji and Tim Cook.
1. Nvidia weighs candidates
Nvidia's board is open to insider and outsider candidates for a permanent successor to Jensen Huang, the company said. President Donald Trump backed former Apple CEO Tim Cook in a social media post, calling him the one man to take Huang's place. CFO Colette Kress was named interim CEO.
2. Insiders and chip executives
Kress has been Nvidia's CFO since 2013, while Ian Buck joined in 2004 and helped lead development of CUDA. Rene Haas, now CEO of Arm, previously spent seven years at Nvidia. Other names discussed include former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and Marvell CEO Matt Murphy.
3. Cook and Srouji
Cook led Apple for 15 years and remains its executive chairman. The article also names Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji, who oversees hardware engineering and helped develop Apple Silicon. Traders on Polymarket favored Buck as the most likely next CEO, followed by Kress, Haas and Cook.
