{{Short description|American businessman}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Henry Samueli | image = Henry Samueli, Bush and Anaheim Ducks (cropped).jpg | alt = Samueli wearing a black suit presenting a black hockey jersey labeled "Bush 07" to President George W. Bush. | caption = Samueli (center) in 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|20}} | birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S. | birth_name = | education = University of California, Los Angeles (BS, MS, PhD) | occupation = | known_for = Co-founder of Broadcom Corporation<br />Owner of the Anaheim Ducks | children = 3 | spouse = Susan Samueli | parents = | website = }}
'''Henry Samueli''' (born September 20, 1954) is an American businessman and engineer. 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technion.ac.il/en/technion-honors/|title=Technion Honors {{!}} Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|date=August 11, 2015|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nctu.edu.tw/outstandingnctu/honorarydr/248-105/649-henry-samueli|title=蘇麗尹. "Henry Samueli". www.nctu.edu.tw (in Chinese)|last=National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>
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.<ref> {{Cite web| url=https://www.comsoc.org/membership/ieee-fellows/2000| title = IEEE Fellows 2000 | IEEE Communications Society}} </ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/newsroom/featured-news/archive/2012/henry-samueli-wins-2012-marconi-prize|title=UCLA, School of Engineering. "Henry Samueli Wins 2012 Marconi Prize".|date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722044538/http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/newsroom/featured-news/archive/2012/henry-samueli-wins-2012-marconi-prize|archive-date=July 22, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Henry Samueli – Marconi Society">{{Cite web|url=http://marconisociety.org/fellows/henry-samueli/|title=Henry Samueli – Marconi Society|website=www.marconisociety.org|date=October 28, 2012 |access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> He is the 80th wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of US$25.3 billion as of December 17, 2024, according to ''Forbes'' and the ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index''.
In 2026, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. ==Biography==
=== Early life and education === Samueli's parents, Sala and Aron, were Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/holocaust-education/samueli-holocaust-memorial-library/index.aspx?hl=en-US|title=Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library}}</ref> They arrived in the United States with almost nothing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-24-fi-samueli24-story.html|title=Broadcom co-founder Samueli pleads guilty in stock options fraud case|author1=Reckard, E. Scott|author-link1=Christopher Goffard|author2=Goffard, Christopher|date=June 24, 2008|website=www.latimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2012/04/23/50-of-new-giving-pledge-donors-are-jewish/|title = 50% of New "Giving Pledge" Donors are Jewish}}</ref> Samueli stocked shelves in his family's Los Angeles liquor store and graduated from Bancroft Junior High School and Fairfax High School.<ref name=":0" /> Samueli became interested in electronics while building an AM/FM radio during a shop class at Bancroft.
Samueli attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his bachelor's degree (1975), master's degree (1976), and Ph.D (1980),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samueli.ucla.edu/henry-samueli/|title=Henry Samueli, Ph.D. {{!}} UCLA Samueli School Of Engineering|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> all in the field of electrical engineering. His Ph.D. advisor was Alan N. Willson Jr. and his Ph.D. dissertation is titled "Nonperiodic forced overflow oscillations in digital filters."<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1109/TCS.1983.1085294|title = Nonperiodic forced overflow oscillations in digital filters|journal = IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems|volume = 30|issue = 10|pages = 709–722|year = 1983|last1 = Samueli|first1 = H.|last2 = Willson|first2 = A.}}</ref>
=== Broadcom origins === In 1991, while still working as a professor at UCLA, Samueli co-founded Broadcom Corporation with one of his Ph.D. students, Henry Nicholas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.uci.edu/events/2012/1/henry-samueli-phd-co-founder-and-chief-technical-officer-broadcom-corporation-entrepre|title=Henry Samueli, Ph.D., Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, Broadcom Corporation on Entrepreneurship {{!}} The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine|website=engineering.uci.edu|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> Each invested $5,000 and initially worked out of Nicholas' Redondo Beach home. They rented their first office in 1992 in Westwood, Los Angeles, near the UCLA campus and moved to Irvine, CA in 1995 at which time Samueli took a leave of absence from UCLA to be at Broadcom full-time. Broadcom went public three years after that. Samueli still remains on leave from UCLA and he continues to be listed on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department faculty roster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ee.ucla.edu/henry-samueli/|title=UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Henry Samueli biography}}</ref>
=== Anaheim Ducks ownership === In 2003, the Samuelis purchased the management contract for the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim sports and entertainment venue, creating Anaheim Arena Management, LLC, to oversee all operations of the arena, and in 2005 they purchased the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim National Hockey League (NHL) club, the arena's largest tenant, from the Walt Disney Company<ref name="foxsports 2009">{{cite web | author=foxsports | title=NHL Reinstates Henry Samueli as Owner of Ducks Despite Legal Woes | website=FOX Sports | date=2009-11-12 | url=http://www.foxsports.com/detroit/story/nhl-reinstates-henry-samueli-as-owner-of-ducks-despite-legal-woes-111209 | access-date=2018-02-10}}</ref> for $75 million. In 2006, the Samuelis announced the team's name change to the Anaheim Ducks and the arena's name change to Honda Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2006/01/27/name-change-set-for-mighty-ducks/|title=Name change set for Mighty Ducks|date=2006-01-27|website=Orange County Register|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> In 2007, the Anaheim Ducks became the first California team ever to win the Stanley Cup championship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/sports/hockey/07nhl.html|title=Ducks Bring Cup to the West Coast|last=Jenkins|first=Lee|date=2007-06-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-09-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
As of December 2016, Samueli is on the executive committee of the NHL Board of Governors.<ref>{{cite web | last=Wilkins | first=Cory | title=Canadiens, Jets owners elected to NHL executive committee | website=theScore.com | date=2016-12-09 | url=https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1179255-canadiens-jets-owners-elected-to-nhl-executive-committee | access-date=2018-02-10}}</ref>
In 2015, the Samuelis acquired ownership of the Ducks' American Hockey League affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals. They subsequently moved the franchise to San Diego as part of the AHL's western expansion that year and the team was re-branded as the fourth incarnation of the San Diego Gulls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=750924&navid=DL|title=Ducks Launch American Hockey League Franchise in San Diego}}</ref>
In 2017, ''Forbes'' reported the Anaheim Ducks were worth $415 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/nhl-valuations/list/|title=The Business Of Hockey|last=Forbes|website=Forbes |access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>
==Philanthropy== {{Promotional|date=May 2024}} thumb|right|Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA After Broadcom went public in 1998, the Samueli Foundation was created.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.uci.edu/2017/09/18/a-legacy-of-giving/ |title=A legacy of giving |website=uci.edu |date=2017-09-18 |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> The foundation focuses its giving in the areas of education, health, youth services, and Jewish culture and values. In 2012, the Samuelis joined the Giving Pledge,<ref>{{cite web | last=Loomis | first=Carol J. | title=12 more billionaires sign on to Buffett/Gates pledge | website=Fortune | date=2012-04-19 | url=http://fortune.com/2012/04/19/12-more-billionaires-sign-on-to-buffettgates-pledge/ | access-date=2018-02-10}}</ref> initiated by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, whose members pledge the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.
In 1999, the Samuelis made major donations to the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science and the UC Irvine School of Engineering, both of which have since been named after him.
In 2009, Henry Samueli was the founding director and chair of the Broadcom Foundation, a 501c(3) corporate nonprofit, that advances science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Broadcom Foundation sponsors the Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars) and the Broadcom MASTERS International, programs of Society for Science and the Public that inspire middle school students to continue math and science courses into high school in order to create pathways to STEM careers. Samueli was inspired by his own seventh grade experience of building a short wave radio from a Heathkit for innovation that he funded the Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation with his Marconi Award.<ref name="Henry Samueli – Marconi Society" /> The Samuelis also sponsor the $25,000 Samueli Foundation top prize in the Broadcom MASTERS.
In 2001, the Samuelis established the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at UC Irvine. They have also supported the research of the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California, in cancer prevention and treatment.<ref>Henry Samueli</ref>{{Circular reference|date=January 2018}} In 2017, the Samuelis made a $200 million gift to UC Irvine to create the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, a first-of-its-kind institute focused on interdisciplinary integrative health. As part of the gift, the existing Center was elevated to become the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hiltzik | first=Michael | title=A $200-million donation threatens to tar UC Irvine's medical school as a haven for quacks | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2017-09-22 | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-uci-samueli-20170922-story.html | access-date=2018-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.uci.edu/2017/09/18/uci-receives-200-million-gift-to-name-college-of-health-sciences-and-launch-major-integrative-health-initiative/|title=UCI receives $200 million gift|date=September 18, 2017}}</ref>
Some of the other major naming gifts of the Samueli Foundation include the Samueli Theater at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 2000, the Samueli Jewish Campus in Irvine, CA in 2001, the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at Chapman University in 2003, and the Samueli Academy, a public Charter High School in Santa Ana, CA for community, underserved, and foster teens in 2013.
In 2015, Samueli received a prize from the Israeli government for his global contribution to innovation and his contribution to innovation in Israel, at the "Innovex" conference for innovation in technology.<ref>{{cite news|title=The man who connects|url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-the-man-who-connects-1001014158|access-date=10 February 2018|publisher=Globes}}</ref>
Samueli was named a 2017 Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed to academic inventors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.uci.edu/2017/12/13/henry-samueli-included-in-2017-class-of-national-academy-of-inventors-fellows/|title=Henry Samueli is named a 2017 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors|date=2017-12-13|website=UCI News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref>
As of 2017, the Samuelis had committed over $500 million to philanthropic causes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.uci.edu/2017/09/18/a-legacy-of-giving/|title=UCI News – A legacy of giving|website=UCI News|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>
In June 2019, UCLA announced a $100-million gift from the Samuelis, which would be used to expand the engineering school.<ref name="Watanabe">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-ucla-gift-donation-engineering-school-henry-samueli-20190604-story.html|title=$100-million gift to UCLA shows growing role of private donors in public universities|last=Watanabe|first=Teresa|website=Los Angeles Times|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
== Personal life == Samueli resides with his wife Susan in Newport Beach, California.<ref>{{cite web |date=2015-12-26 |title=Most Influential 2015: Henry Samueli, Susan Samueli – Orange County Register |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2015/12/26/most-influential-2015-henry-samueli-susan-samueli/ |access-date=2018-02-10 |website=Orange County Register}}</ref> As of 2025, ''Forbes'' estimates Samueli's net worth at US$36.3 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Henry Samueli |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/henry-samueli/ |access-date=2025-11-24 |website=Forbes.com}}</ref>
== Broadcom stock options investigation == During the technology boom in the 2000s, Samueli and Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III awarded millions of stock options to attract and reward employees. Prosecutors alleged Samueli and Nicholas granted options to others, including some other top executives, but not themselves, to avoid having to report $2.2 billion in compensation costs to shareholders.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006 both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice began investigating Broadcom Corporation for backdating of stock options.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
On May 15, 2008, Samueli resigned as chairman of the board and took a leave of absence as Chief Technology Officer after being named in a civil complaint by the SEC.<ref>{{cite web | title=Broadcom execs charged by SEC, take leave of absence – L.A. Biz | website=L.A. Biz | date=2008-05-15 | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/05/12/daily23.html | access-date=2018-02-10}}</ref>
On June 23, 2008, Samueli pleaded guilty for lying to SEC for $2.2 billion of backdating. Under the plea bargain, Samueli agreed to a sentence of five years probation, a $250,000 criminal fine, and a $12 million payment to the US Treasury.
Prosecutors focused on the fact that Samueli denied under oath any role in making options grants to high-ranking executives. As part of his plea agreement, Samueli admitted the statement was false, and admitted to being part of the options-granting process.<ref name=":0" /> However, an internal Broadcom probe laid the majority of blame on CEO Henry Nicholas and CFO William Ruehle.
On September 8, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney rejected the plea deal that called for Samueli to receive probation, writing: "The court cannot accept a plea agreement that gives the impression that justice is for sale".
Sixteen months later, on December 10, 2009, Judge Carney, after hearing the testimony of all the witnesses at the trial of CFO William Ruehle, dismissed the cases against Samueli, Ruehle, and Nicholas, citing prosecutorial misconduct (and in the case of Samueli, his testimony as well).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-10-la-fi-samueli10-2009dec10-story.html|title=Judge dismisses charge against Broadcom co-founder|last1=Pfeifer|first1=Stuart|date=December 10, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 4, 2010}}</ref> In his ruling Judge Carney stated,<blockquote>The uncontroverted evidence at trial established that Dr. Samueli was a brilliant engineer and a man of incredible integrity. There was no evidence at trial to suggest that Dr. Samueli did anything wrong, let alone criminal. Yet, the government embarked on a campaign of intimidation and other misconduct to embarrass him and bring him down.<ref name=CarneyHarpers>{{Cite magazine | author = Horton, Scott | date = December 18, 2009 | title = Broadcom Prosecution Collapses as Judge Finds Sweeping Misconduct by Federal Prosecutors | magazine = Harper's Magazine | url = https://harpers.org/2009/12/broadcom-prosecution-collapses-as-judge-finds-sweeping-misconduct-by-federal-prosecutors/ | access-date = December 26, 2023}}</ref></blockquote>In the ruling, Judge Carney went on, "Needless to say, the government's treatment of Dr. Samueli was shameful and contrary to American values of decency and justice." The judge ordered Samueli's plea agreement to be expunged from his record, further stating, "Dr. Samueli now has a clean slate."<ref name=CarneyHarpers/>
== Awards and honors == *2003, National Academy of Engineering<ref>{{cite web|title= Henry Samueli Honored for his Induction into National Academy of Engineering | publisher= UCI Samueli School Of Engineering| url= https://engineering.uci.edu/news/2003/10/henry-samueli-honored-his-induction-national-academy-engineering}}</ref> *2004, American Academy of Arts and Sciences<ref>{{cite web|title= American Academy of Arts & Sciences Inducts Class of 2004| date= October 9, 2004| publisher= American Academy of Arts & Sciences| url= https://www.amacad.org/news/american-academy-arts-sciences-inducts-class-2004}}</ref> *2006, Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Summit Highlights|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2006/}}</ref> *2018, U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|title= Broadcom's Henry Samueli Connects Success, Philanthropy | publisher= U.S. News & World Report | url= https://www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2018-01-24/digital-communications-leader-henry-samueli-connects-success-and-philanthropy}}</ref> *2018, National Academy of Inventors<ref>{{cite web|title= Engineering faculty honored by National Academy of Inventors | publisher= Daily Bruin | url= https://dailybruin.com/2018/01/30/engineering-faculty-honored-by-national-academy-of-inventors}}</ref> *2020, Ellis Island Medal of Honor<ref>{{cite web|title= Alumni Henri Samueli and Reza Rofougaran Awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor | publisher= UCLA Samueli School Of Engineering| url= https://samueli.ucla.edu/alumni-henry-samueli-reza-rofougaran-awarded-the-ellis-island-medal-of-honor/}}</ref> *2021, IEEE Founders Medal<ref>{{cite web|title= Henry Samueli Receives 2021 IEEE Founders Medal| url= https://samueli.ucla.edu/henry-samueli-receives-2021-ieee-founders-medal/}}</ref> *2025, IEEE Medal of Honor<ref>{{Cite web|last=Safford|first=Matt|date=February 20, 2025|title=Broadcom founder Henry Samueli to receive the IEEE's Medal of Honor award|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/broadcom-founder-henry-samueli-to-receive-the-ieees-medal-of-honor-award|website=Tom's Hardware}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty-samueli.htm Henry Samueli biography] at the UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering *[http://www.samueli.org/about-us/leadership-staff/ Henry Samueli biography] at the Samueli Foundation *[http://www.samueli.org The Samueli Foundation]
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