Nvidia board approaches Arm CEO Rene Haas for top job search

14 November 2026 · Source balance: Centre

Nvidia's board has approached Rene Haas, chief executive of British chipmaker Arm Holdings, as a potential successor to Jensen Huang, according to the Financial Times. Huang resigned this week following reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including one involving a woman suspected of spying for China. Nvidia's chief financial officer Colette Kress is serving as interim CEO. Haas spent seven years at Nvidia as a vice president before leaving in 2013 to join Arm, where he has been CEO since 2022 and led the company's public offering in 2023. He currently also serves as CEO of Arm's parent company SoftBank. While Haas is considered an attractive candidate given his Nvidia experience and proven ability managing a major public chip company, analysts note he has never led a company as large as Nvidia, which has 42,000 employees. Nvidia's board stated it is still selecting a search firm and has not formally engaged any candidates. Haas faces challenges including potential conflicts with his Arm leadership role and the massive task of replacing Huang, who shaped Nvidia for over three decades.