Nvidia approached Arm CEO Rene Haas to succeed Jensen Huang: report

Nvidia’s board has reportedly approached Arm chief executive Rene Haas as it considers who could succeed Jensen Huang. The report comes as the chipmaker faces an unexpected leadership change, with Nvidia’s finance chief Colette Kress serving as interim CEO while the board begins a search.

Haas led Nvidia’s computing products business before joining Arm in 2013 and becoming its CEO in 2022. Nvidia says it has not formally approached candidates, and Haas is only one of several names under consideration; analysts have also mentioned internal executives and leaders from AMD, Micron, Marvell and Apple. Arm shares fell more than 5 per cent and Nvidia shares about 2 per cent after the report, amid questions about how future leadership might affect Nvidia’s strategy and oversight.