After Jensen Huang: The Israelis who could inherit Nvidia’s AI empire | 12 Nov 2026 | As Nvidia’s board ousts Jensen Huang, possible successors include CUDA architect Ian Buck, CFO Colette Kress, AMD chief Lisa Su and Israeli tech veterans Michael Kagan, Eyal Waldman and Johny Srouji. Three Israelis in the picture — Israel has an outsized presence in the global semiconductor industry, and three Israelis have experience that could make them relevant to Nvidia’s future. The first is Michael Kagan, Nvidia’s chief technology officer and one of the founders of Israeli networking company Mellanox, which Nvidia acquired in 2020 for about $7 billion. Kagan joined Nvidia’s leadership after the acquisition. Another Israeli name is Eyal Waldman, Mellanox’s founder and former CEO. The third is Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies and one of the key architects of the company’s chip strategy.