Nvidia Searches for CEO After Jensen Huang’s Departure

Nvidia is searching for a permanent chief executive after co-founder Jensen Huang left the company, with Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress serving as interim CEO, according to reports. The board is considering internal and external candidates, but has not announced a successor.

Three executives named in reports as possible candidates are Sanjay Mehrotra, chief executive of Micron Technology; Nikesh Arora, chief executive of Palo Alto Networks; and Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. Nvidia has not confirmed that any of them is under consideration. The reporting traces the names to other media reports, rather than to a company announcement.

The three executives bring experience in different technology sectors. Mehrotra has led memory-chip maker Micron since 2017 and previously co-founded SanDisk. Arora has led cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since 2018, after senior roles at SoftBank and Google. Kurian oversees Google Cloud’s infrastructure, enterprise software and artificial intelligence services.

Other names have also appeared in reports about the succession, including Kress, Nvidia executive Ian Buck, Arm CEO Rene Haas, former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, AMD CEO Lisa...