# Treasury Secretary Bessent Urges Nvidia to Find Leaders Outside the Company By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/57844 Published: 2026-11-15T15:17:10.000Z Updated: 2026-11-15T15:17:10.000Z Section: Business > Bessent's Nov. 15 remarks called for an external search as Nvidia's board weighs an interim chief executive and a permanent successor. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent called for Nvidia to make a major leadership adjustment and seek new leaders from outside the company in remarks dated Nov. 15, adding an outside-search demand to the company's succession debate. Nvidia's board has been weighing an interim chief executive while searching for CEO Jensen Huang's successor, part of the [board's succession search](). The interim role has been described as excluding [major company decisions and agenda-setting](). ## Links in this article - [board's succession search](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/55226) - [major company decisions and agenda-setting](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/55840)