Trump floats Apple chairman Tim Cook as Jensen Huang’s successor
What happened
Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang quit as the chipmaker's CEO and left its board on Thursday after reports of two affairs, according to a company statement.
Chief financial officer Colette Kress will run the company for now while the board looks for a permanent successor.
The New York Times first reported that Huang, 63, had a relationship with a senior executive who reported directly to him.
That report came days after Huang acknowledged a relationship with Alice Huang, whom US intelligence agencies believe spied for China, according to DW.
Alice Huang, who is no relation, once held a senior post at Megaspeed, a Singapore cloud firm and big Nvidia customer.
Megaspeed denies suspicions that it diverted Nvidia chips to China and said it will cooperate with investigators.
Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld named former Apple CEO Tim Cook and former Google chief Eric Schmidt as possible longer-term candidates.
“I am committed to building on the extraordinary foundation Jensen created over the last 33 years”
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