President Donald Trump on Thursday encouraged Nvidia to hire former Apple CEO Tim Cook to replace Jensen Huang after Huang resigned amid reports of extramarital affairs, including one involving a woman believed to be a Chinese spy.
\n\nTrump took to Truth Social to endorse Cook.
\n\nCook served as Apple’s CEO for 15 years, from 2011 until September of this year. He currently serves as the executive chairman of Apple’s Board of Directors.
\n\nExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress has been named the chip manufacturer’s interim CEO following Huang’s resignation.
\n\nAs Breitbart News reported, Huang’s resignation comes amid media reports regarding extramarital relationships:
\n\nOn Sunday, Huang admitted to having an affair. The media reported he was romantically involved with Alice Huang, an executive at the cloud company Megaspeed, who U.S. intelligence officials reportedly believe is a spy for China. Then, on Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Huang had a separate extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, Nvidia’s vice president of health care, who reports directly to him.
\n\nCNBC confirmed that the Nvidia board met Wednesday to discuss whether to remove Huang as CEO. U.S. lawmakers have also called for his resignation. Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and…
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