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TechnologyFounder + operator groupUnited States

Henry Samueli & Hock Tan

Broadcom · AVGO

Broadcom's claim spans the original company-building era and the later acquisition-led operating era under the present corporate identity.

The calculation

Every input, in the open.

01

Total company equity

$1.85T
02

Builder equity retained

$38B
03

Wealth for others

$1.81T
Held by others
97.9%
Builders retained
2.1%

Split-adjusted company value; includes Samueli beneficial shares and Tan equity awards.

Attribution

Why this is one claim.

Samueli represents the original Broadcom founder era; Tan represents the operator era that assembled the current company.

Confidence

What could still move.

The proxy provides direct ownership inputs, but the combined treatment of beneficial shares and outstanding awards warrants additional reconciliation.

Attribution timeline

The company-building arc.

  1. 1991Original Broadcom founded
  2. 2006Tan becomes Avago CEO
  3. 2016Avago acquisition creates current Broadcom
  4. 2026Index snapshot

Primary evidence

Source trail.

Snapshot values change with the market. Ownership inputs remain tied to the dated filings below until a new index version is published.