{"id":"0f0e5b48-8f53-4e00-ada0-c0e37233d784","slug":"hock-e-tan","name":"Hock E. Tan","bioBrief":"Malaysian-born American business executive, President and CEO of Broadcom Inc. since March 2006. Born Tan Hock Eng in 1951/1952 in Penang, Malaya; naturalized US citizen since 1990. Holds BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Known for building Broadcom through aggressive acquisitions including Avago-Broadcom merger (2015), CA Technologies ($18.9B, 2018), and Symantec's enterprise security business (2019). Led a blocked $117B hostile bid for Qualcomm in 2017-18. Was the third-highest-paid US CEO in 2023 ($161.8M compensation). Joined Meta's board of directors in February 2024. Received the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award from the Global Semiconductor Alliance in 2024.","priorExits":null,"nationality":"American","verificationPosture":null,"aliases":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/company/about-us/executives/hock-e-tan","title":"President and Chief Executive Officer — Hock E. Tan","sourceName":"Broadcom Inc."},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hock_Tan","title":"Hock Tan","sourceName":"Wikipedia"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","createdAt":"2026-08-18T04:16:33.337Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T03:20:10.872Z","educations":[],"companyRoles":[{"id":"d71b90ad-2b67-41df-acc6-b21a62e4c8ff","personId":"0f0e5b48-8f53-4e00-ada0-c0e37233d784","companyId":"cfa57b48-4b0a-4ec0-a76b-80ff8df92349","role":"ceo","roleTitle":"President & Chief Executive Officer","startDate":null,"endDate":null,"currentRole":true,"roleBasis":"verified_secondary","createdAt":"2026-08-18T04:16:34.431Z","company":{"slug":"broadcom","name":"Broadcom"}}],"boardRoles":[],"investorRoles":[],"foundings":[]}