Trump Offered Tim Cook The Top Job At Nvidia

• 12.11.2026, 19:03

Cook led Apple for 15 years and stepped down on September 1.

The position of CEO at Nvidia following the resignation of Jensen Huang can be filled by only one person—former Apple CEO Tim Cook, U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Truth Social.

“A legend replaces a legend!” he added.

Trump noted that Huang had done a “fantastic job.”

Tim Cook led Apple for 15 years and stepped down on September 1. He was succeeded by Apple veteran John Patrick Turnus, the former vice president of hardware engineering.

Huang had led Nvidia since the company’s founding in 1993 and stepped down on November 12 following a series of scandals.