Broadcom

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Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a semiconductor and infrastructure software company headquartered in San Jose, CA, with roots tracing back over 60 years and its current corporate form dating to 2018. It designs chips for networking, wireless, broadband, and storage, while its software portfolio — built through acquisitions of CA Technologies, Symantec, and VMware — covers private cloud, mainframe, cybersecurity, and Fibre Channel storage. AI chip demand is a major growth driver, with the company targeting roughly $21 billion in AI revenue in fiscal 2026.

Key facts

Founded

2018

Employees

55000+

Sectors

hardware, saas, enterprise

Website

www.broadcom.com

Mission

Broadcom designs and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions for complex, mission-critical workloads in networking, storage, broadband, private cloud, mainframe, and cybersecurity.

Recent activity

• 2025–2026product
  Broadcom joined NVIDIA and other founding partners in the Open Secure AI Alliance, an open collaboration aimed at securing AI infrastructure. Mohan Kalkunte is scheduled to present at Hot Interconnects 2026 in August. x.com
• 2025–2026product
  Broadcom upgraded to Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Platinum membership, deepening its commitment to cloud-native infrastructure for AI workloads. The company has been a top-three Kubernetes contributor for a decade and originated Harbor, Antrea, Velero, and Contour. linkedin.com
• 2025–2026investment
  London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) renewed its long-standing partnership with Broadcom, with VMware Cloud Foundation at the center of the agreement. LSEG relies on the platform for the reliability and performance its financial market infrastructure demands. linkedin.com
• 2025–2026investment
  Nationwide Building Society extended its partnership with Broadcom to build a group-wide private cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation while simultaneously integrating Virgin Money. linkedin.com
• 2025–2026investment
  Broadcom expanded its collaboration with T-Systems to accelerate infrastructure modernization, AI adoption, and cyber resilience for mutual customers, with additional focus on sovereign cloud services. linkedin.com
• 2025–2026press
  VMware Cloud Foundation was named Google Cloud's Partner of the Year for Virtualization, and Broadcom was listed as one of America's Best Cybersecurity Companies 2025. linkedin.com
• 2025leadership
  Ten senior Broadcom and VMware executives departed in 2025, including the president of Americas sales, the Enterprise Security Group CISO, and a VMware Research Group co-founder. Several joined Nvidia, Snowflake, and Citrix. crn.com
• 2025press
  An IDC white paper published with partner input documented how Broadcom's platform-led strategy and partner enablement programs are driving recurring revenue across VMware, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and mainframe business units. linkedin.com
• Jul 2026product
  Nationwide deepened its strategic partnership with Broadcom, adopting VMware Cloud Foundation as its standardized private cloud platform to improve operational consistency, security governance, and AI workload management. linkedin.com
• 2026product
  Broadcom announced its Tomahawk 6 family of networking chips is now shipping in production volume, moving from first samples to full production in eight months. linkedin.com
• 2026investment
  Broadcom announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with T-Systems, targeting infrastructure modernization, AI adoption, and sovereign cloud services meeting European data residency requirements. linkedin.com
• 2026product
  ING adopted VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 as part of its private cloud strategy, with Broadcom extending its collaboration to update ING's private cloud infrastructure across multiple regions. linkedin.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Hock Tan · CEO
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• Kirsten M. Spears · CFO
• Henry Samueli · Board Member
• Diane M. Bryant · Board Member
• Kenneth Y. Hao · Board Member
• Kirsten Spears · CFO & Chief Accounting Officer
• Charlie Kawwas · President, Semiconductor Solutions Group
• Tom Krause · former President, Software Group

Sources

• News Releases - Broadcom News and Stories
• Broadcom Q1 FY2026 Financial Results
• Broadcom makes unexpected strategic move with Google - TheStreet
• Broadcom | LinkedIn
• News - Broadcom News and Stories
• https://www.investopedia.com/broadcom-reports-earnings-wednesday-here-is-how-much-traders-expect-the-stock-to-move-avgo-q2-fy2026-update-11985316
• https://news.broadcom.com/latest
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/feelaware0114_broadcom-and-nationwide-deepen-strategic-activity-7482252506748674048-CKyC?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAGslf5ABCcZ6EkTSHSqpsroH1A0qcKN6dCo
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/hock-tan/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-davidson-0a90286
• https://tracxn.com/d/companies/broadcom/__jl2Kh6SoEr-ILG1H4lFBeISv1ooWRfys2c891clnGxE
• https://x.com/Broadcom
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpaulturner/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/krish-prasad-414b13/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/claytondonley/
• https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/10-huge-broadcom-vmware-executive-exits-in-2025

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