Tan Hock Eng is a Malaysian-born Chinese-American business executive.
12 Facts About Hock Tan
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Hock Tan is the CEO of Broadcom Inc Hock Tan was the highest-earning CEO in the US in 2017, earning US$103.2 million that year.
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Hock Tan received a scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971.
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Hock Tan was managing director of Hume Industries in Malaysia from 1983 to 1988 before helming Pacven Investment from 1988 to 1992.
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Hock Tan then held financial positions at General Motors Co and PepsiCo Inc before becoming the Vice President of Finance of Commodore International Ltd.
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Hock Tan went on to become the CEO of Integrated Circuit Systems Inc When this was sold to Integrated Device Technology Inc, he became the latter company's chairman.
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Hock Tan was hired to lead this new company as chief executive.
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In 2015, Hock Tan merged the company with Broadcom Corporation following an acquisition, leading to the creation of Broadcom Inc which he currently runs.
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In November 2017 Broadcom announced that it had completed its move from Singapore back to the United States in a move which Hock Tan claimed at the time would yield $20 billion yearly in revenue for the US Treasury.
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Tan and K Lisa Yang divorced and Tan is married to Lya Truong.
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Hock Tan has donated money to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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In 2015, Tan honored former MIT professor Nam P Suh by donating $4 million to the school to endow a mechanical engineering professorship.