Donald Trump says Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia: All about former Apple CEO who once took over from legendary tech visionary Steve Jobs

Jensen Huang's resignation on Thursday from the post of Nvidia CEO has raised one valuable question who will take forward the multi-trillion dollar AI behemoth. Prompt reply has come from US President Donald Trump. The Republican state-head has said that former Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang as the CEO of Nvidia. Nvidia has announced that Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will take over as interim CEO as the company looks for a permanent successor, both internally and externally.

"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 said on social media. "A Legend replaces a Legend!" he added.

Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and is its fourth-largest investor, resigned as CEO and a member of the board on Thursday after reports said the 63-year-old, who is married, had an affair with a Chinese businesswoman whom US authorities suspect of spying for Beijing.


Apple to Nvidia?

Cook stepped down after a 15-year stint as Apple's CEO in September and is now executive chairman at the iPhone-maker.

Under Cook’s leadership Apple has grown from a market capitalization of approximately $350 ​billion to $4 trillion, representing a more than 1,000 per cent increase, and yearly revenue has nearly quadrupled, from $108 billion in fiscal year 2011 ⁠to more than $416 billion in fiscal year 2025. During his tenure, Apple has grown by more than 100,000 team members and increased its active installed base to more than 2.5 billion devices, Apple said in a statement.

Tim Cook took over as Apple's CEO from its legendary founder and product visionary Steve Jobs. Unlike Jobs' product design genius, Cook ascended the Apple ladder by making the company's supply chain the envy ​of every manufacturer.

Donald Trump Ties with Jensen Huang

Meanwhile, President Trump's close ties with Jensen Huang ​have also come under renewed scrutiny after revelations about the billionaire executive's affair with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.

Over the past two years, Huang has voiced support for the Trump administration's AI agenda and met the Republican leader many times as Nvidia sought to sell advanced chips to the Chinese market and lobbied for looser restrictions on Chinese access to Nvidia's sophisticated AI chips.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers have called to halt exports of advanced AI chips to China. Huang and the White House have argued that continuing US sales to China would keep Chinese customers reliant on US technology.