Nvidia approaches Arm chief as possible successor to Huang, FT reports

Nvidia has approached Arm chief executive Rene Haas as a possible successor to Jensen Huang, the Financial Times has reported, according to Dutch news agency ANP. The report was published by Nieuws.nl.

The AI chipmaker is looking for a permanent leader after co-founder Huang resigned as chief executive and left the board. Nvidia said on 12 November that its board was beginning a search and would consider internal and external candidates. Its announcement did not name Haas.

Finance chief Colette Kress is serving as interim chief executive while keeping her existing role. She will remain in the interim post until a permanent successor is named, Nvidia said.

Haas spent seven years at Nvidia before joining Arm in 2013 and became chief executive of the British chip designer in 2022, according to Reuters. Arm designs processor architectures and licenses them to companies that develop individual chips. Reuters had already identified Haas as one of several names being discussed by industry observers before the reported approach.