President Donald Trump has backed Apple executive chairman Tim Cook to succeed Jensen Huang at Nvidia, intervening in the chipmaker’s leadership search as lawmakers demanded answers over allegations involving US national security.
Trump wrote in a social media post that now that Nvidia CEO Jens 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.
The president’s endorsement came after Nvidia announced that its board had accepted Huang’s resignation and appointed finance chief Colette Kress as interim chief executive. Trump’s post did not indicate whether Cook was interested in the position or had discussed it with Nvidia.
The company said its board was initiating a search for a permanent chief executive and would consider internal and external candidates.
