Potential successors to lead Nvidia following Jensen Huang's departure

Nvidia chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang resigned effective immediately following reports of extramarital affairs, including one with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Nvidia's board announced that chief financial officer Colette Kress will step in as interim chief executive while the company searches for a permanent replacement. Finding a permanent leader is one of the biggest challenges for the AI chip-making giant, which Huang helped create over three decades ago. Potential internal candidates include Kress, co-founder Chris Malachowsky, and high-performance computing head Ian Buck. Industry experts have also floated external candidates such as Apple's former chief executive Tim Cook and Arm Holdings chief executive Rene Haas.