Bouquets Left in Mourning Over Jensen Huang's Resignation From NVIDIA Corporation... Trump Calls It 'A Terrible Thing'

[Financial News]  U.S. President Donald Trump, who had been close to Jensen Huang, former CEO of NVIDIA Corporation, since the start of his second term, called Huang's resignation “a terrible thing” on the 12th (local time). A bouquet was left at NVIDIA Corporation headquarters in mourning for the founder, who had led the company for 33 years.
In an interview on the right-leaning U.S. radio program The Hugh Hewitt Show on the 12th, Trump mentioned that his uncle John Trump, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), had received the National Medal of Science. “We’ve given it to a lot of great people, and we gave it to Jensen, too,” he said.
Trump said, “It was only a short time ago,” referring to Jensen Huang’s affair scandal and resignation on the 12th, and added, “How terrible. It was very sad to see that happen.” He added that if the United States lost its edge in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry as a result of the incident, it would be “in trouble.”
Trump, who had worked to foster the AI industry on a national scale since the start of his second administration, had remained close to Huang, taking him along on a visit to China in May and presenting him with the National Medal of Science in October. At a press conference on the 9th, the day after Huang admitted to the affair, Trump also called him “a very honorable person.”
When news of Huang’s resignation became public on the 12th, Trump posted on Truth Social: “Now that Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA Corporation, has resigned after achieving great things, there is only one person who can succeed him.” He wrote that Apple Inc. board chairman Tim Cook was the right person to be the next CEO.
Since founding NVIDIA Corporation in 1993, Jensen Huang had run the company largely on his own for about 33 years, growing its business. He was known for having no designated successor and for directing all aspects of the company’s operations while receiving reports directly from about 60 senior executives.
U.S. broadcaster CNBC reported on the 12th that some NVIDIA Corporation employees had even shed tears when news of Huang’s resignation broke that day.
An anonymous source said that many employees had regarded Huang as an idol and considered him essential to NVIDIA Corporation’s identity, adding that the mood was “more complicated than the media portrays.” Bouquets and candles outside NVIDIA Corporation’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California, caught people’s attention.
Colette Kress, NVIDIA Corporation’s chief financial officer (CFO), who is serving as interim CEO, encouraged employees on the 12th, saying, “You are our greatest strength,” and said a company-wide meeting would be held on the 18th to discuss plans for the future.

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