WASHINGTON (Diya TV) — President Donald Trump publicly endorsed former Apple CEO Tim Cook to lead Nvidia after Jensen Huang resigned from the chipmaker Thursday. Nvidia’s board has named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress interim CEO and begun a search for a permanent successor.
“Now that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place — Tim Cook of Apple,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “A Legend replaces a Legend!”
Trump did not say whether he had discussed the job with Cook. Cook and Apple had not publicly commented on the suggestion. Nvidia’s board will choose Huang’s successor and said it would consider internal and external candidates.
Cook left Apple’s chief executive role Sept. 1 after 15 years and became the company’s executive chairman. John Ternus succeeded him as CEO. Trump’s post referred to Cook as “of Apple,” but did not address his current role or whether he might consider running Nvidia.
Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and led it for 33 years, resigned as president, CEO and a member of the board, effective immediately, the company said. Kress will hold the interim post while continuing as CFO. Board chair Harvey Jones said the company expects its operations, customer commitments and product plans to continue during the transition.
The leadership change followed reports about Huang’s personal relationships and questions about possible national-security implications. Huang acknowledged in a message to Nvidia employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife. Reports also described a relationship with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based businesswoman whom U.S. officials reportedly scrutinized for possible links to Chinese intelligence. The Justice Department said Thursday it had not reached a conclusion about whether she was a spy; no public finding has established that Huang shared confidential company information.
Trump said earlier this week that he had asked Huang about the allegations and believed his denial that he knew the woman might be a spy. Huang’s departure now leaves Nvidia—whose chips underpin much of the artificial-intelligence computing market—with a leadership search underway as federal scrutiny continues.
