Nvidia 이사회는 CNBC에 젠슨 황(Huang)의 후임을 맡을 상임 최고경영자 선임을 위한 서치펌을 아직 선정하지 않았다고 밝혔다. Wait — the source says "permanent replacement for Huang" and I should keep names as-is and not add facts. Corrected version: Nvidia 이사회는 CNBC에 황(Huang)의 상임 후임자를 찾기 위한 서치펌을 아직 선정하지 않았다고 밝혔다.
Nvidia has not yet selected a search firm to help identify a successor for former CEO Jensen Huang, the company's board told CNBC.
"We are in the process of selecting a search firm for the Nvidia CEO role," the board said in a Friday statement. "We have not formally engaged any potential candidates."
The comments come amid speculation about who might replace Huang. Nvidia announced Thursday that Huang would step down as CEO of the chipmaker following multiple reported affairs, including one with a woman purported to be a Chinese spy.
Nvidia named CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO and said it will begin a search for a permanent successor, considering both internal and external candidates. Kress held her first meeting as interim CEO on Thursday afternoon with senior executives at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to discuss internal details.
The Financial Times reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Nvidia's board has approached Arm CEO Rene Haas in its search for Huang's successor.
The board said, "Any speculation regarding individual candidates, whether internal or external, is premature."
Before joining the SoftBank-backed chip company in 2013, Haas spent seven years at Nvidia, including a stint as vice president of its computing products business.
Nvidia's shares fell more than 2% on Friday, pushing the company's market capitalization below $4 trillion as investors weighed the news of Huang's departure and the prospect of ongoing probes into his conduct.
On Tuesday, Nvidia said it had retained Wachtell Lipton to investigate allegations that Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. The move followed revelations that the then-CEO had an intimate relationship with Alice Huang, whom several outlets reported is suspected of working for Chinese intelligence.
Three House committees have asked Huang to appear for briefings and renewed those requests after his resignation. The Senate Banking Committee has also asked Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify about "serious concerns about our national security" and how the company's top AI chips have reportedly ended up in China.