Nvidia's new CEO search is on. Here are the top candidates to replace Jensen Huang.

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Nvidia's new CEO search is underway after Jensen Huang's resignation. Rene Haas, Tim Cook, and others are being floated as potential candidates.

The search for Nvidia's new CEO is officially underway. The company's board of directors announced that CEO and founder Jensen Huang resigned "effective immediately" in a statement on Wednesday. The board tapped Colette Kress, executive vice president and chief financial officer, as interim CEO until a permanent successor is found. Huang resigned three days after he admitted to having an affair, and Nvidia's board opened an investigation into whether he was the "target of a foreign intelligence effort." As the fallout around Nvidia continues, analysts, investors, and prediction market bettors have begun to wonder who could helm the company next. Here's who they're pitching.

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