Trump wants Tim Cook as Nvidia CEO hours after Jensen Huang's resignation
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President Trump says Apple's Tim Cook is the only man to replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO -- proposes 'A 'legend replaces a legend' in call for Apple's executive chairman of its board
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 THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN
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Tim Cook for Nvidia CEO? Trump and the world ponder who's next
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - When it comes to the next CEO of Nvidia, Donald Trump is thinking outside the box. After the AI chip company's board parted ways with chief Jensen Huang, the US president said on social media on Thursday, "There is only one man to take his place - TIM COOK of
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Trump says Apple's Tim Cook should take over Nvidia
After Jensen Huang's stunning ouster as the CEO of Nvidia, President Donald Trump weighed in that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should be the one to take the reins at the chipmaker. "A Legend replaces a Legend," Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that Huang had done a "fantastic job." Nvidia's chief
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Trump calls for Apple's Cook to replace Huang at Nvidia
Washington (United States) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia, after Huang quit over revelations of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. "Now that Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic
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Trump says the only man who should replace ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is Tim Cook of Apple fame
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Trump calls for Tim Cook to replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia
President Trump suggested Thursday that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should be the one to take Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's place after his exit following reports of his extramarital affairs, one of which was with an alleged Chinese spy. "NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job,
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Tim Cook for Nvidia CEO? Trump and the World Ponder Who's Next
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - When it comes to the next CEO of Nvidia, Donald Trump is thinking outside the box. After the AI chip company's board parted ways with chief Jensen Huang, the US president said on social media on Thursday, "There is only one man to take his place - TIM COOK of
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Nvidia CEO Latest: Jensen Huang out, Tim Cook in? Trump makes his pick
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Donald Trump says Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia: All about former Apple CEO who once took over from legendary tech visionary Steve Jobs
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Trump Wants Tim Cook to Replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia. Industry Insiders Call Him the 'Wrong Fit'
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Trump's Bombshell Choice for Nvidia's Next CEO: 'A Legend Replaces a Legend' - NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)
President Donald Trump has named his preferred successor to Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) co-founder Jensen Huang, making a surprise call for former Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook to take charge of the AI chip giant. In a Truth Social post Thursday, Trump wrote: "NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN
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Jensen Huang Exits Nvidia; Trump Thinks Tim Cook Is the Best Replacement
Of course, we have no clue why Trump thinks so, but the social media was abuzz that with Cook there is no danger of a Chinese honeytrap The Nvidia board met for several hours late into the night before deciding that Jensen Huang has to leave the company, amidst reports of another affair with a
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Nvidia scrambles to replace CEO Jensen Huang after bombshell affair -- here are the possible successors
Nvidia's board is scrambling to find a successor for ousted CEO Jensen Huang after his bombshell affair with an alleged Chinese spy -- as investors fear that the tech visionary who founded the company 33 years ago is a nearly irreplaceable boss. Possible successors could on the one hand include
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Trump Backs Tim Cook for NVIDIA CEO Role After Jensen Huang's Exit
Donald Trump has suggested that former Apple CEO Tim Cook could replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia following Huang's departure. Nvidia has appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO while searching for a permanent successor. Cook has not publicly expressed interest in the position. Donald Trump has
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Nvidia in CEO turmoil: Trump wants Tim Cook as CEO
Nvidia is suddenly dealing with a leadership crisis. CEO Jensen Huang resigned effective immediately, and President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that there's "only one man to take his place": Apple's Tim Cook. Nvidia hasn't said Cook is under consideration, and neither Apple nor Cook has
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Trump says Apple's Tim Cook should be Nvidia's next CEO
President Donald Trump has weighed in on who should run Nvidia, and his pick is Apple's Tim Cook. According to a report from The Hill, Trump said in a Truth Social post that Cook is the only man to take Jensen Huang's place as Nvidia CEO. He praised Huang's work and added, "A Legend replaces a
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Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia's chief executive after reports of two affairs, one involving a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Colette Kress is interim CEO, President Trump wants Tim Cook for the job, and the search for a permanent successor is open.
Jensen Huang resigned on Thursday as chief executive of Nvidia, giving up the president's job and his board seat and cutting his ties to the company he co-founded in 1993
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The exit followed days of reporting about two extramarital affairs. One was with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman whom US intelligence suspected of being a Chinese spy. A second, with Nvidia vice president Kimberly Powell, who reported to him, surfaced on Wednesday
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. Huang acknowledged the infidelity in a statement quoted by Bloomberg: "My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry."8
CFO Colette Kress is running the company as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor among insiders and outsiders alike
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. Kress has been Nvidia's finance chief since 2013, and analysts describe her as steady with Wall Street. Commentators keep asking whether she can set the technology direction as well as manage the money10
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President Trump weighed in on Truth Social within hours of the announcement: "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. A Legend replaces a Legend!"
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He offered no reason beyond the 'legend replaces a Legend' line and his praise for Huang's tenure
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. It is a suggestion with no formal weight. There is no indication Nvidia is considering Cook, and Cook has not responded4
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. The endorsement still fits a relationship the two men have built for years. Cook makes regular calls, gave a $1 million donation to Trump's inauguration per one outlet, and sent a gold Corning glass gift for the Oval Office. In August 2025 he announced a $600 billion pledge of US investment4
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.Cook stepped down as Apple's chief executive this year after 15 years, handing the job to John Ternus in September, and stays on as Apple's executive chairman
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. Under him, Apple's value grew to roughly $4.5 trillion, per Reuters' account, which makes Apple the only company worth more than Nvidia10
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.The market is not buying the president's pick. Traders on the prediction market Polymarket put Nvidia's own Ian Buck at the top of the list, with Cook only fourth
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. One columnist argues there is no chance Cook takes the job, since he just planned his own succession at Apple. Nvidia, the argument runs, needs a technologist, and managing a very large company alone will not be enough9
.The endorsement also landed while questions about what Trump himself knew of the spy allegations were still open
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. The New York Times reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed Trump on the concerns in May, aboard Air Force One, shortly before Trump picked Huang up in Alaska for the flight to Beijing5
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. Trump said this week that he believed Huang knew nothing of any espionage operation. "I really believe him... I think that he'll be in good shape," Trump said at a Monday press conference5
.The investigation, and Congress
The board had commissioned an independent investigation before the resignation, hiring former acting US attorney Joon H. Kim of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. The board has said it has no reason to believe national security or Nvidia secrets would be compromised
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.Congress is not waiting. Huang has been summoned to a closed-door briefing with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on Nov 18. A subpoena is threatened if he does not appear voluntarily
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. Senator Elizabeth Warren put it more bluntly: "Jensen Huang's decision to resign from NVIDIA does not absolve him, other executives, or the company as a whole of responsibility... They still owe Congress answers."2
Investors rendered their verdict at Thursday's open, when Nvidia's shares fell sharply before recovering much of the drop. Even at the low, the company was worth close to $4 trillion, per one outlet
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The field lining up
Whoever takes over inherits a company that was built around one man
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. Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993, and per Reuters had around 60 direct reports; gaming, the business he started it with, is now about 5% of revenue9
. The names being floated run from inside the company, like Buck, who helped build the software developers use to program Nvidia's chips, and Kress. Outside chief executives in the mix include Arm's Rene Haas, Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices and former Intel chief Pat Gelsinger10
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Huang remains sought-after even out the door. Elon Musk tweeted hours after the second report that it would "be an honor" to hire him, with SpaceX building its Terafab chip factory in Texas
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.Nvidia reports quarterly results on Tuesday, Nov 17, and Huang is due on Capitol Hill the next day
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