The hunt is on for a new Nvidia CEO after the company head and co-founder, Jensen Huang, resigned amid multiple allegations of extramarital affairs, including one that involved an alleged Chinese spy and two with company employees. Nvidia immediately named Colette Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, as the interim CEO. It’s possible she could stay on permanently, but the company could also name another candidate for the full-time role. Names that have been floated include Ian Buck, who manages Nvidia’s AI hardware and software products, and Rene Haas, a former Nvidia employee and the current CEO of Arm Holdings, a UK-based chipmaker.

Whoever takes over from Huang will have tremendous sway in the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence. The entire AI ecosystem relies on Nvidia, which engineers advanced chips used to train AI models and power companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Nvidia is also a central driver of the US economy and one of the world’s most valuabl