Nvidia searches for Huang successor as Kress serves interim CEO

Nvidia’s board is searching for a permanent chief executive after Jensen Huang resigned on November 12, ending his 33-year tenure, with Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress serving as interim CEO. Three Indian-origin executives have been named in reports as possible external successors, but Nvidia has not announced an official shortlist or confirmed any candidates.

The executives mentioned are Sanjay Mehrotra, chief executive of Micron Technology; Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks; and Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. Their names have circulated in succession discussions, but the reports do not establish that Nvidia has approached or shortlisted them.

Mehrotra has led Micron since 2017 and previously co-founded SanDisk, where he served as president and CEO. His career has focused on semiconductor memory, including products used in artificial-intelligence systems. Arora has led Palo Alto Networks since 2018, following senior roles at SoftBank and Google, and has experience in technology management and cybersecurity. Kurian, who joined Google in 2018 and became Google Cloud’s CEO in 2019, previously spent 22 years at Oracle. His background is in cloud...