Who are the three Israelis among those being considered to succeed Jensen Huang as NVIDIA CEO?

Following Jensen Huang's resignation as NVIDIA's chief executive officer, the board of directors is reportedly considering three Israelis to lead the chip manufacturer.According to Calcalist, Michael Kagan, NVIDIA's chief technology officer (CTO), and Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer, are two of the Israelis the company's board is considering.Additionally, Ynet reported that Eyal Waldman, Mellanox's founder and former CEO, is also among the people being considered to lead the chipmaker giant, which is set to face several hiccups following Huang's resignation.Both Kagan and Waldman were co-founders of Mellanox, an Israeli networking company that NVIDIA acquired in 2020 for some $7 billion, with Waldman having CEO experience that might give him the edge over his former partner.In contrast, Kagan has the edge of having worked at NVIDIA and helped develop technology for the chipmaker over the last several years, and he also has contacts inside the company he acquired during his time as CTO.Finally, Calcalist remarked that Srouji's edge is mainly his experience developing Apple's silicon strategy, which allowed the iPhone maker to develop its own chips for its various products. The main reason against Srouji's appointment as NVIDIA's CEO is the fact that he was promoted to Apple's chief hardware officer a little more than half a year ago, in April 2026.Who will lead NVIDIA next?Huang's resignation was pushed by…