Colette Kress and Ian Buck are the leading internal successors to Jensen Huang cited by analysts, as the board considered appointing an interim chief executive. The chief financial officer, who joined Nvidia in 2013, could reassure investors, while engineer Ian Buck, a company veteran since 2004 and a contributor to CUDA, is considered the strongest candidate for a permanent leadership role. Rene Haas, Jay Puri, Thomas Kurian and Matt Garman are also among the external candidates mentioned, but these scenarios remain speculative. Uncertainty over the succession erased about $600 billion in Nvidia’s market capitalization this week, making the issue central to the technology company’s technological and financial outlook.
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