Company Analysis

Broadcom Inc. (AVGO)

Nasdaq: AVGO · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Palo Alto, CA · filing with the SEC since 2018
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Who runs Broadcom Inc.

Officers and directors as they report to the SEC on Forms 3, 4 and 5, named as filed
Chief executive, as filed
Tan Hock E
President and CEO. First filing Apr 2018, latest Apr 10, 2026, 71 filings in all.
Officers reporting now
7
of 13 people with a filing in the last fifteen months
Directors reporting now
6
26 people on the record since 2018
In the company's own wordswritten from its filings, read Sep 20, 2026

Hock E. Tan has been president and chief executive since March 2006, when the company was still Avago Technologies; it bought Broadcom Corporation in February 2016 and now carries its name. Before that he ran Integrated Circuit Systems from 1999 until its sale in 2005, and earlier held finance posts at Commodore, PepsiCo and General Motors. He is also a director of Meta Platforms and has sat on the President's National Security and Telecommunications Advisory Committee since 2020. 123456

Henry Samueli, who co-founded Broadcom Corporation in 1991, has chaired the board since 2018 after serving as chief technical officer from February 2016 to December 2018. The board lets him pledge part of his shares to secure loans for OCVIBE, a development project in Orange County, California. The other directors are Diane M. Bryant, Gayla J. Delly, Kenneth Y. Hao, Eddy W. Hartenstein, who is not standing for re-election, Check Kian Low, Justine F. Page and Harry L. You. 758910

Kirsten M. Spears, who came from LSI when Broadcom bought it in 2014, was chief financial officer from December 2020; the newest quarterly report names Amie Thuener as chief financial officer. Charlie B. Kawwas, also from LSI, has run the Semiconductor Solutions Group since July 2022, and Mark D. Brazeal, chief legal and corporate affairs officer since December 2021, came from SanDisk and, before that, Broadcom Corporation. The insider record adds S. Ram Velaga, filing as president of ISG since January 2026. 1112131415

Broadcom had about 33,000 employees at November 2, 2025, some 57% of them in research and development roles; 49% work in North America, 36% in Asia and 15% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Voluntary attrition in fiscal 2025 was about 4.1%. 1617

Sources (17)
Officerssales are open-market, Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
NameTitle as filedFirst filingLatest filingSales, 12 months
Samueli HenryChief Technical OfficerApr 2018Sep 25, 202664 · $878M
O'Toole Amie ThuenerChief Financial OfficerJun 2026Sep 17, 2026none
Brazeal Mark DavidChief Legal & Corp Affairs OfcApr 2018Sep 17, 202685 · $99.9M
Velaga S. RamPresident, ISGJan 2026Apr 14, 202621 · $34.4M
Tan Hock EPresident and CEOApr 2018Apr 10, 202616 · $101M
Kawwas Charlie BPresident, SSGMay 2018Apr 10, 202643 · $25.5M
Spears Kirsten M.CFO & Chief Accounting OfficerJun 2018Mar 18, 202645 · $31.9M
Directorssales are open-market, Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
NameRoleFirst filingLatest filingSales, 12 months
Delly Gayla JdirectorApr 2018Jul 14, 20262 · $1.1M
Lien JustinedirectorJun 2019Jul 1, 20265 · $2.1M
You Harry L.directorJan 2019Jun 15, 2026none
Bryant Diane MdirectorJan 2019Apr 22, 2026none
Hao KennethdirectorApr 2018Apr 22, 2026none
Low Check KiandirectorApr 2018Apr 22, 2026none
Earlier names on the record13, newest filing first

A person is listed as reporting now after a filing in the last fifteen months. The record shows when someone last filed; it does not say why they stopped. Each name links to the filings on sec.gov.

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