Trump calls Tim Cook ‘a legend’, backs him to replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia

Donald Trump has backed former Apple chief executive Tim Cook to replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia, calling Cook “a legend”. The US president’s endorsement puts his preferred successor forward for the chipmaker, a major supplier of processors used in artificial intelligence.

Trump made the endorsement on Truth Social on 12 November 2026, following Huang’s resignation, according to media reports. He praised Huang’s leadership before declaring: “A Legend replaces a Legend!” Nvidia announced that Huang had stepped down as president, chief executive and a board member with immediate effect, and appointed chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim chief executive. Its board is considering candidates from both inside and outside the company for the permanent position. Cook, who left Apple’s chief executive role in September after 15 years, now serves as its executive chairman. Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993 and helped build it into one of the world’s most valuable technology companies.

“Quite simply, Tim Cook is an incredible guy!!!” Trump wrote. Other technology and business leaders offered praise too: OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman called Cook “a legend”, while Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett credited him with helping make Apple the company it had become.