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TechCrunch published a lighthearted, speculative shortlist of possible successors to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on November 12, 2026, as the company has no succession plan and Huang faces scrutiny over an alleged affair. The piece names candidates including AMD CEO Lisa Su, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, Nvidia VP Ian Buck, Nvidia senior vice president Andrew Bell and Lori Huang, Jensen Huang's wife. TechCrunch said Kalshi odds of Huang surviving the week were around 30%, and that he has confessed to an extramarital affair without clarifying with whom, with The New York Times reporting that a Nvidia executive, Kimberly Powell, was also a paramour. TechCrunch noted that even if Huang is pushed out as CEO, he could remain as chairman, a role Nvidia does not currently have. The outlet described its list as a parlor game rather than reporting any actual leadership change, and said Nvidia's CFO Colette Kress is the insider most often named, though analysts say she is not necessarily a natural successor. TechCrunch concluded that the situation would be clear soon.