Henry Samueli

Henry Samueli
Samueli wearing a black suit presenting a black hockey jersey labeled "Bush 07" to President George W. Bush.
Samueli (center) in 2008
Born (1954-09-20) September 20, 1954 (age 70)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Alma materUCLA (BS, MS, PhD)
Known forco-founder of Broadcom Corporation
Owner of the Anaheim Ducks
SpouseSusan Samueli
Children3

Henry Samueli (born September 20, 1954) is an American businessman, engineer, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, owner of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL), and a prominent philanthropist in the Orange County, California, community. He is chairman of Broadcom Inc. He is also a professor (on leave of absence) in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA, and a distinguished adjunct professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Irvine.

He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology[1] and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.[2]

He is a named inventor in 75 U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to VLSI architectures and realizations for high-bit rate digital communication systems.[3] He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). He was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2003 for pioneering contributions to academic research and technology entrepreneurship in the broadband communications system-on-a-chip industry. In 2012 Samueli won the Marconi Prize and Fellowship for "pioneering advances in the development and commercialization of analog and mixed signal circuits for modern communication systems, in particular the cable modem.[4][5] According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, in 2024, he's the 105th richest in the world with an estimated net worth of US$ 19.6 billion.

  1. ^ "Technion Honors | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology". August 11, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. ^ National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. "蘇麗尹. "Henry Samueli". www.nctu.edu.tw (in Chinese)". Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "IEEE Fellows 2000 | IEEE Communications Society".
  4. ^ "UCLA, School of Engineering. "Henry Samueli Wins 2012 Marconi Prize"". July 22, 2012. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  5. ^ "Henry Samueli – Marconi Society". www.marconisociety.org. October 28, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2017.