U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that former Apple CEO Tim Cook might lead Nvidia Corp. after Jensen Huang steps down from his positions as CEO and President.
“With Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who performed admirably, now having stepped down, there is just one individual capable of succeeding him: Tim Cook from Apple. A myth taking the place of another myth!”, Trump posted on the social media site Truth Social.
Huang departed from the company during a scandal linked to his relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese entrepreneur alleged to have connections to Chinese intelligence. Media reports indicate that her goal was to bypass the prohibition on exporting advanced chips to China.
On Wednesday, The New York Times announced that Huang engaged in another extramarital relationship, this time with a top executive who directly reported to him. The report named the person as Kimberly Powell, a vice president at Nvidia who managed the firm’s healthcare division.
Huang possesses around 3.6% of Nvidia’s stock, ranking him as the fourth-largest shareholder in the company. Cook was the CEO of Apple from 2011 to 2026, after which he moved to the position of Chairman of the company’s board.
source: reuters.com
