Trump says Apple's Tim Cook should replace ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after a 'fantastic' tenure

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President Donald Trump has suggested that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should replace recently ousted NVIDIA boss Jensen Huang as the company's new chief executive.

Published: 15:52 GMT, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 16:26 GMT, 12 November 2026

President Donald Trump has suggested that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should replace recently ousted Nvidia boss Jensen Huang as the company's new chief executive.

'NOW THAT Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there is only one man to take his place - TIM COOK of Apple,' Trump wrote on social media.

The president's recommendation came just hours after news broke that Huang would step down as the company's CEO after co-founding it 33 years ago and leading it to become the US's most valuable company.

His resignation comes a day after the New York Times reported that Huang, 63, had an affair with a subordinate, Kimberly Powell.

Last week, it was also reported that Huang had an affair with an executive at Singapore-based data company Megaspeed named Alice Huang, who has no relation to the former Nvidia boss, and is reportedly an alleged Chinese spy.

The dual affairs rocked the $4 trillion company, sending its stock price plummeting and raising concerns over how the spy may have duped Huang.

Cook, meanwhile, stepped down as Apple's CEO after 15 years leading the company in early September.

President Donald Trump said Thursday morning after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stepped down that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should take the helm of the microchip company

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