New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for a "dramatic shakeup" in Nvidia's leadership, suggesting that the chipmaker should look outside the company for its next chief executive after Jensen Huang's departure.

Speaking on Fox News, Bessent questioned Nvidia's corporate culture and its alleged role in facilitating the sale of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to Chinese entities through shell companies, including those based in Singapore.

"This makes me think that as the board conducts a search for a new leader that they need to go outside the company," Bessent said. "They needed a dramatic shakeup."

Bessent also questioned whether Nvidia had deliberately overlooked warning signs of potentially i...