Trump floats ex-Apple CEO Tim Cook to succeed Jensen Huang at Nvidia: ‘Legend replaces a legend!’

Newly added details say Jensen Huang resigned before Nvidia’s board could oust him, after a report about his relationship with a company vice-president further destabilised his leadership. President Trump then proposed former Apple chief executive Tim Cook as Huang’s successor, drawing attention to the leadership change at one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies.

The board was due to convene hours after the report about Huang and Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice-president of health care; the article also refers to controversy over Huang’s relationship with Singapore-based Alice Huang, who is not related to him. Cook led Apple from 2011 until August, when he became executive chairman, and has cultivated a close relationship with Trump. Nvidia and Apple have traded places among the world’s most valuable companies over the past month as their share prices fluctuated.