22 Facts About Henry Samueli

Henry Samueli was born on September 20,1954 and is an American businessman and engineer.

Henry Samueli is a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, owner of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, and a prominent philanthropist in the Orange County, California, community.

Henry Samueli is chairman of Broadcom Inc Henry Samueli is a professor 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.

Henry Samueli holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

Henry Samueli is a named inventor in 75 US patents.

Henry Samueli is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for contributions to VLSI architectures and realizations for high-bit rate digital communication systems.

Henry Samueli is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Henry Samueli was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003 for pioneering contributions to academic research and technology entrepreneurship in the broadband communications system-on-a-chip industry.

Henry Samueli 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 Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Henry Samueli stocked shelves in his family's Los Angeles liquor store and graduated from Bancroft Junior High School and Fairfax High School.

Henry Samueli attended UCLA, where he received his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Ph.

In 1991, while still working as a professor at UCLA, Henry Samueli co-founded Broadcom Corporation with one of his Ph.

Henry Samueli still remains on leave from UCLA and he continues to be listed on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department faculty roster.

In 2009 Henry Samueli was a founding director of the Broadcom Foundation, a 501c corporate nonprofit, and he is the chair of this philanthropy that advances science, technology, engineering and math.

In 2015, Henry 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.

Henry Samueli was named a 2017 Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors.

On May 15,2008, Henry 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.

On June 23,2008, Henry Samueli pleaded guilty for lying to SEC for $2.2 billion of backdating.

Under the plea bargain, Henry 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 Henry Samueli denied under oath any role in making options grants to high-ranking executives.

On September 8,2008, US District Court Judge Cormac Carney rejected the plea deal that called for Henry Samueli to receive probation, writing: "The court cannot accept a plea agreement that gives the impression that justice is for sale".

The uncontroverted evidence at trial established that Dr Henry Samueli was a brilliant engineer and a man of incredible integrity.