Trump Proposes Tim Cook to Replace Jensen Huang as NVIDIA CEO
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On November 13, 2026, TechCrunch reported that after news broke of Jensen Huang stepping down as NVIDIA CEO, Trump posted on Truth Social proposing Tim Cook as his successor, saying only Cook was up to the job and calling it "a legend replacing a legend." Cook stepped down as Apple CEO on September 1, 2026, becoming Executive Chairman of Apple's board while still overseeing global policy communications and China relations. Additionally, Yale School of Management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld wrote in Time supporting Cook as one of the candidates. At present, Huang's resignation is still at the "news reports" stage, and there have been no reports of an official personnel appointment from NVIDIA.
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After news broke that Jensen Huang would step down as Nvidia CEO, Trump posted on Truth Social that only Tim Cook could succeed Huang, calling it "a legend replacing a legend." Cook stepped down as Apple CEO on September 1, 2026, becoming executive chairman of Apple's board while still handling global policy communications and China relations; Yale School of Management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld also backed Cook as a candidate in a Time article.
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