Nvidia CEO Succession: Three Israeli Executives Emerge as Top Candidates

Three Israeli technology executives are among possible successors to Jensen Huang, who resigned as Nvidia's chief executive on 12 November after leading the AI chipmaker for over three decades. The board appointed CFO Colette Kress as interim chief while considering internal and external candidates. Israeli media named Michael Kagan, Nvidia's chief technology officer; Eyal Waldman, co-founder of Mellanox; and Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer, as contenders. Kagan joined Nvidia after its $6.9bn acquisition of Mellanox in 2020, while Waldman left management after that deal. Huang's resignation followed reports of an alleged affair with a Chinese businesswoman suspected by US intelligence of being an intelligence asset, which China rejected. Nvidia launched an investigation into possible foreign intelligence targeting but said it had no reason to believe secrets were compromised.