据知情人士透露，英伟达在CEO黄仁勋继任者问题上陷入困境，并非因为缺乏尝试。在63岁的创始人被迫离职前，公司曾试图招聘一名外部“二把手”，但由于没有候选人愿意在黄仁勋的阴影下工作，招聘工作十分困难。
Nvidia got caught without a succession plan for CEO Jensen Huang, but it wasn’t for lack of trying, according to people briefed on the effort to hire a replacement. Before the 63-year-old founder was ousted, the company did try to hire an external number two, according to a person familiar with the search. It was difficult to find candidates, though, because none wanted to work in Huang’s shadow.
即使黄仁勋离去后，“黄仁勋的余波”可能仍是个问题。例如，公司内部有一个名为“支持黄仁勋”的Slack群组，知情人士估计，全球真正有能力掌舵英伟达的人不足10人。
The Huang hangover might still be a problem even after he’s gone. There’s a Slack group at the company, for instance, titled “Stand with Jensen,” and people familiar with the search process estimate there are fewer than 10 people in the world truly capable of running the company.
英伟达下任CEO不仅要确保自家产品按时交付，还要维持整个行业的生存。他确实无可替代。
The next Nvidia CEO doesn’t just have to keep its own products shipping on time. The person who takes the top job also has to keep the entire industry alive. There’s really no replacing him.
值得关注的是，关于谁能接替黄仁勋，已有多个名字被提及，包括苹果硬件主管Johny Srouji、Arm CEO雷内·哈斯，甚至根据特朗普总统的建议，前苹果CEO蒂姆·库克也在考虑之列。
Notable Several names have been floated for who could replace Huang, including Apple’s hardware chief Johny Srouji, Arm CEO Rene Haas, or even, on President Donald Trump’s suggestion, former Apple CEO Tim Cook.