Who could replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO?

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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has never anointed ⁠a successor, but many analysts and investors see two people as particularly likely candidates, at least for the short…

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has never anointed ⁠a successor, but many analysts and investors see two people as particularly likely candidates, at least for the short ⁠term: engineer Ian Buck and chief financial officer Colette Kress.

Nvidia's board is meeting on Wednesday ​to decide whether to oust Mr Huang, a source said, as the world's dominant supplier of AI processors deals with reports of two extramarital affairs involving its longtime leader. Nvidia did ⁠not immediately respond to a request for comment on the board meeting.

Mr Huang is not the usual chief executive. He is a charismatic, leather-jacket-wearing apostle of Nvidia chips who built the company on processors for video games, transformed it into an artificial intelligence machine, and, in turn, created the most valuable company in the world.

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“Jensen Huang is a rock star in the industry. He’s outspoken and synonymous with the Nvidia brand, and a leader like that is very hard to replace,” said Anna Wu, founder of Floodlines Research in Sydney.

That fear has contributed to a $600 billion sell-off of Nvidia's shares this week, now making it the ​world's second-most valuable company.

On ⁠Wednesday, speculation on who might be tapped if Mr Huang is removed ‌ranged from a leader of a rival chip giant, such as Arm chief Rene Haas, and 32-year Nvidia veteran Jeff Fisher, to one of Mr Huang's two children, both of whom are executives ​at the company.

One of the simplest ways to fill the void, some analysts said, would be to turn to the person who has joined Huang on quarterly results calls: Ms Kress.

The 59-year-old joined Nvidia in 2013 after a long career at other tech industry giants including Microsoft, Cisco and chip maker Texas Instruments. Some members of Nvidia’s board favour appointing her interim chief executive, Semafor reported, quoting sources.

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