Three Israelis emerge as possible successors to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, local media says

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Three Israelis emerge as possible successors to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, local media says Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 11/14/2026 - 11:36 Michael Kagan, Eyal Waldman and Johny…

Three Israeli technology executives have emerged among the possible successors to Jensen Huang, who resigned as chief executive of Nvidia after leading the artificial intelligence chipmaker for more than three decades.

Huang’s departure, announced on 12 November, took effect immediately. Nvidia’s board appointed chief financial officer Colette Kress as interim chief executive while it searches for a permanent successor.

The company said it would consider both internal and external candidates.

Israeli media have named Michael Kagan, Nvidia’s chief technology officer; Eyal Waldman, co-founder and former chief executive of Israeli networking company Mellanox; and Johny Srouji, Apple’s chief hardware officer, as possible contenders.

Kagan co-founded Mellanox in 1999 and joined Nvidia after it acquired the company in 2020 for about $6.9bn.

He has since served as Nvidia’s chief technology officer, focusing on technologies that allow thousands of processors to communicate within large data centres.

Waldman also co-founded Mellanox and served as its chief executive before the acquisition. Unlike Kagan, he is no longer part of Nvidia’s management.

Srouji, Apple’s chief hardware officer, is one of the key figures behind the company’s in-house chip development.

He joined Apple in 2008 and led the development of processors used in its products, including those underpinning its transition from Intel processors to Apple Silicon.

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