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Henry Samueli
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Henry Samueli

$6598.0B

Newport Beach, California, United States

Technology

Biography

Henry Samueli is a cofounder of chipmaker Broadcom.

Samueli started Broadcom with fellow billionaire Henry Nicholas in 1991 in a Redondo Beach, Calif. condominium.

In 2016, Broadcom was acquired by Singapore-based chip firm Avago for $37 billion in cash and stock.

Samueli and his wife bought the Anaheim Ducks hockey team for $70 million in 2005; it's now worth $360 million.

The Samuelis donated $200 million to the University of California, Irvine in 2017, the largest gift in the school's history.

Financial Assets

Broadcom Limited

NASDAQ: AVGO-US

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