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President Trump says Apple’s Tim Cook is the only man to replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO

Tom's Hardware · By Stephen Warwick ·

President Trump says Apple’s Tim Cook is the only man to replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO

The Brief · written from 77 sources

  • Nvidia announced on 2026-11-12 that Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO, president and board member, effective immediately.
  • CFO Colette Kress was named interim CEO while the board considers candidates, and the board has worked with an outside firm to identify possible replacements.
  • The resignation followed reports of two extramarital affairs: one with a woman US officials reportedly believe is a Chinese spy, and one with an Nvidia vice president who reports to him.

Why it matters

Nvidia, the leading AI chipmaker, is now under interim leadership, so strategy and direction could shift once a permanent CEO is chosen. Bloomberg quotes analyst Chris Weston of Pepperstone, who does not expect the leadership change to alter the product rollout.

Who’s affected

  • Nvidia shareholders
  • Developers and partners building on Nvidia platforms

President Donald Trump has said that retired Apple CEO Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang as the CEO of Nvidia, just hours after it was announced that the latter had resigned in the wake of a series of scandals. Taking to his Truth Social platform, the President said , "NOW…

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Timeline

  1. Wall Street Journal reports Nvidia's board is preparing to oust Huang

  2. New York Times reports Huang had an affair with Nvidia VP of healthcare Kimberly Powell

  3. Techmeme

    Sources: Jensen Huang had an extramarital relationship with Nvidia's VP of healthcare, Kimberly Powell, who reports to him; it was discussed inside the company (New York Times)

  4. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Preparing to Oust Jensen Huang After Affairs, WSJ Says

  5. Hacker News: Front Page

    Nvidia is preparing to oust Jensen Huang

  6. Techmeme

    Sources: Nvidia's board is preparing to oust Jensen Huang; it plans to meet as soon as Wednesday to determine his future (Wall Street Journal)

  7. Bloomberg Technology

    Huang Said to Have Had Affair With Nvidia Executive: NYT

  8. AI | The Verge

    Nvidia is reportedly preparing to fire Jensen Huang

  9. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Working With Outside Firm to Identify CEO Candidates · +1 reply

  10. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Nvidia’s stock drops as board reportedly preps to oust CEO Jensen Huang

  11. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Board Meets on Huang’s Fate After Affair With Alleged Spy

  12. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    Nvidia’s Board reportedly preparing to oust CEO Jensen Huang as second extra-marital affair emerges

  13. Nvidia announces Huang's resignation and names Colette Kress interim CEO

  14. Techmeme

    Source: Nvidia's board is working with an outside firm to identify possible replacements for Jensen Huang and weighs naming a temporary CEO during the search (Bloomberg)

  15. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Working With Outside Firm to Identify CEO Options

  16. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia’s CEO Change Won’t Derail AI Trade: Pepperstone

  17. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia to Decide on Jensen Huang’s Fate

  18. Techmeme

    Sources: some Nvidia board members favor naming CFO Colette Kress interim CEO; an administration official says the board briefed the White House on its meeting (Semafor)

  19. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Who could replace Jensen Huang? A highly unscientific list of possible successors

  20. Bloomberg Technology

    Will Nvidia Replace Jensen Huang as CEO? What’s Next for AI, Markets?: Live Q&A

  21. Bloomberg Technology

    What Could Come Next After Huang’s Ouster?

  22. Techmeme

    Sources: some Trump officials questioned Jensen Huang's push for Trump to allow more chip sales to China, even before his affair with Alice Huang became public (Wall Street Journal)

  23. Bloomberg Technology

    HSBC’s Kettner Sees Nvidia CEO Change Priced In

  24. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Drama Triggers Difficult Search for Huang’s Successor · +1 reply

  25. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Faces More Risks in Deal Pace Than Huang Exit, BI Says

  26. Techmeme

    AMD shares rose 4%+ after hours after closing up 7.3%, while Broadcom gained 2.4% after hours following a 4% gain, as Nvidia's board weighs ousting CEO Huang (Financial Times)

  27. Bloomberg Technology

    Elon Musk Says It Would Be an Honor to Hire Nvidia’s Huang

  28. Bloomberg Technology

    The Nvidia Board Members Who Will Decide Jensen Huang’s Fate

  29. Bloomberg Technology

    Alice Huang Resurfaces in Beijing Amid Nvidia Scandal

  30. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia's Board Weighs Huang's Future After Affairs

  31. Techmeme

    A look at potential Nvidia CEO candidates, including CFO Colette Kress, CUDA inventor Ian Buck, Arm CEO Rene Haas, and Apple Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji (Bloomberg)

  32. Techmeme

    Sources: Alice Huang's business partner and husband Kang Wei spoke openly of her Jensen Huang relationship; Wei, who knew Jensen for a decade, introduced them (Lingling Wei/Wall Street Journal)

  33. Techmeme

    A look at Nvidia's 10-person board, many of whom have known Jensen Huang for decades, including attorney Stephen Neal, VC Tench Coxe, and academic John Dabiri (Bloomberg)

  34. Techmeme

    Sources: Nvidia employees, known for their fierce loyalty to Jensen Huang, have been left stunned and some are angry at the news of his extramarital affairs (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

  35. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Default Risk Nears Record High as Board Weighs CEO’s Fate

  36. Bloomberg Technology

    Singapore Bars Alice Huang From Entry After False-Document Probe

  37. Bloomberg Technology

    Huang, Face of the AI Boom, Ousted by Nvidia Board as CEO

  38. Hacker News: Front Page

    NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition

  39. Techmeme

    Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, president, and board member; CFO Colette Kress will be interim CEO, as the board considers candidates; NVDA drops 5%+ (Nvidia Newsroom)

  40. AI | The Verge

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid spy, affair scandals

  41. Hacker News: Front Page

    Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO immediately

  42. Business Latest

    Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO

  43. Phoronix

    NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Resigns

  44. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns in the wake of multiple affairs, Chinese spy allegations

  45. Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Jensen Huang is out as NVIDIA CEO

  46. Bloomberg Technology

    Jensen Huang Ousted as Nvidia CEO

  47. TechCrunch

    Nvidia’s Jensen Huang resigns, chipmaker names CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO

  48. The Decoder

    Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after espionage scandal wipes out $1.4 trillion in market value

  49. Business Latest

    Meet Colette Kress, Nvidia’s New Interim CEO

  50. www.theregister.com - Articles

    Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia chief executive

  51. Bloomberg Technology

    Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO

  52. Techmeme

    Nvidia appoints ex-Synopsys CEO Harvey C. Jones as its first-ever board chair; the board's Jensen Huang exit press release does not include a quote from Huang (Hayden Field/The Verge)

  53. Techmeme

    Singapore says it held Alice Huang's passport from June 2025 to February 2026 and released her with a "stern warning" after the US provided very little help (Paul Mozur/New York Times)

  54. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline

  55. Techmeme

    A profile of interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress, who joined in 2013 after working at Cisco and Microsoft; as CFO, Kress criticized US export controls on China (Adam Satariano/New York Times)

  56. Bloomberg Technology

    What Huang's Departure Means for the Future of Nvidia

  57. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Market Value Sinks Below $4 Trillion After Huang Resigns

  58. Techmeme

    Jensen Huang's Nvidia ploughed its vast profits into bankrolling AI startups, suppliers, and chip customers, a web of dependencies that could now unravel (Financial Times)

  59. Techmeme

    Jensen Huang's resignation caps a 33-year career, growing Nvidia from a GPU maker to AI giant; born in Taiwan, he moved to the US at 10 and owns 3.6% of Nvidia (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

  60. Techmeme

    Nvidia dropped 14% at Thursday's open after Jensen Huang resigned, erasing $600B+ in value and taking its market cap below $4T for the first time since 2025 (Bloomberg)

  61. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?

  62. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    Elon Musk says it ‘would be an honor’ to hire ousted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

  63. AI | The Verge

    Read Nvidia’s internal emails about the ‘extraordinarily difficult period’ amid CEO shakeup

  64. Bloomberg Technology

    Nvidia Shake-Up Is a Buying Opportunity, Says Analyst Chkaiban

  65. Techmeme

    President Trump says Tim Cook is the "only one man" to take Jensen Huang's place as Nvidia CEO, adding "A Legend replaces a Legend!" (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

  66. Bloomberg Technology

    With Jensen Huang Gone, Who Will Be Nvidia's Next CEO?

  67. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Trump floats Apple chairman Tim Cook as Jensen Huang’s successor

  68. Bloomberg Technology

    Read the Memos From Nvidia Leaders After Jensen Huang Ouster

  69. Techmeme

    Staff email: interim Nvidia CEO Colette Kress cites "an extraordinarily difficult period" and sets a meeting to "hear more from leadership" on November 18 (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

  70. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    President Trump says Apple’s Tim Cook is the only man to replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO

  71. Bloomberg Technology

    Must be a 'Tech Mind' in Nvidia CEO Position, Says Ted Mortonson

  72. AI | The Verge

    Jensen Huang is out. What did China want from him?

  73. AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch

    Five ways Jensen Huang’s ouster from Nvidia could damage the AI industry

  74. Bloomberg Technology

    Jensen Huang on AI Optimism and Nvidia’s Next CEO

  75. Bloomberg Technology

    What We Know About Nvidia's Interim CEO Colette Kress

  76. Techmeme

    Colette Kress may take a more conservative approach than Jensen Huang; sources say she sometimes pushed back on his riskier deals like backstopping OpenAI (Phoebe Liu/The Information)

  77. Bloomberg Technology

    With Jensen Huang Out, What’s Next For Nvidia, China and AI Race? Live Q&A

  78. DEV Community: ai

    When a Company Becomes Too Dependent on One Person

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