Nvidia succession race centers on Kress, engineers after Huang exit
Why it matters: Investors are weighing whether Nvidia can preserve supplier ties and its AI lead without Huang’s dealmaking and vision.
Nvidia’s search for a permanent chief executive is focusing on interim CEO Colette Kress and a small group of internal and external contenders after co-founder Jensen Huang resigned. BBC identified Kress, co-founder Chris Malachowsky and high-performance computing executive Ian Buck as leading in-house possibilities, while Arm CEO Rene Haas was also cited as a possible outside candidate. The leadership question has become a test of whether Nvidia’s edge rests mainly on its chip technology or on the relationships Huang built across suppliers, customers and governments. CNBC said investors and analysts are now scrutinizing whether those ties, which helped Nvidia secure critical supply capacity, can hold without him.