In a post, Trump wrote: "Today, Jensen Huang, the incredibly outstanding CEO of NVIDIA, has resigned. There is only one person who can take his place—Tim Cook from Apple. A legend succeeding a legend!"
Trump has long admired Cook. Cook stepped down as Apple's CEO earlier this year and took on the role of Executive Chairman of Apple's Board of Directors.
Trump previously called Cook "an amazing manager and leader," and praised him for calling him directly himself.
During his first term, Trump said, "He will call me, others won't. While others will go out and hire very expensive consultants, Tim Cook will call Donald Trump directly. That's quite impressive."
Earlier on Thursday, NVIDIA's board of directors announced that Jensen Huang resigned from his position as CEO of this AI chip giant. The week prior to that, Jensen Huang had gone through a tumultuous period, which included an investigation by the company and the exposure of two extramarital affairs.
Jensen Huang stated in a note to his employees on Sunday that he was "unfaithful" to his wife of over 40 years of marriage.
He wrote, "My actions hurt her, and they also hurt our child. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry for this."
Previously, The New York Times reported last month that Jensen Huang has a close relationship with Alice Huang. Alice Huang once served as a senior executive at NVIDIA for its customer Megaspeed. The report stated that U.S. intelligence officials believe this woman was recruited to collect information for the Chinese government.
After the founder of NVIDIA admitted to having an extramarital affair, it triggered an independent investigation by the board of directors against this billionaire businessman.
During this investigation led by a top law firm on Wall Street, The New York Times reported that Jensen Huang also had an extramarital affair with Kimberly Powell, the vice president of NVIDIA's healthcare business.
Powell is one of Jensen Huang's direct subordinates.
NVIDIA stated that until a permanent successor is determined, Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve as the interim CEO.
