Trump called Jensen Huang, urged him to fight for Nvidia top job: Report

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Donald Trump urged Jensen Huang to fight to retain Nvidia's leadership. His resignation ends a three-decade tenure amid investigations and personal scrutiny.

US President Donald Trump called Jensen Huang on Tuesday and urged the ousted Nvidia chief executive to fight to retain his position at the artificial intelligence chipmaker, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the conversation.

Huang, however, resigned from his position on Thursday, bringing an end to his more than three-decade association with the company he co-founded. Nvidia announced that its chief financial officer, Colette Kress, would take over as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.

Trump's reported intervention came amid growing uncertainty over Huang's future following revelations about his personal relationships, including an alleged affair with a Chinese businesswoman suspected by US intelligence agencies of having links to Beijing. The allegations had triggered scrutiny from federal authorities and an independent investigation by Nvidia's board.

The president had publicly defended Huang earlier in the week, describing him as an honourable person and saying he believed the executive had no knowledge of the woman's alleged links to Chinese intelligence.

Huang had emerged as one of the most influential business executives in Trump's orbit. He had repeatedly supported the administration's artificial intelligence agenda and made several visits to Washington as Nvidia pushed for greater access to the Chinese market.

The Nvidia chief also accompanied Trump on Air Force One during his visit to China in May and attended a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping in September. Trump had previously praised Huang and awarded him the National Medal of Science earlier this year.

The relationship between the two came under scrutiny after reports emerged about Huang's association with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman and former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed International.

Nvidia's board had earlier launched an independent investigation into whether its chief executive had been…

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