Rank #106
Henry Nicholas III
Net worth $25.4B
Semiconductors · United States
- Born
- Oct 08, 1959
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Semiconductors
- Residence
- Newport Coast, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, Los Angeles; Doctorate, University of California, Los Angeles; Master of Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Net worth over time
Biography
- Henry Nicholas III and business partner Henry Samueli cofounded fabless semiconductor firm Broadcom in 1991 in a Redondo Beach, California condominium.
- Nicholas resigned as CEO of Broadcom in 2003, five years after taking the company public.
- He's now focused on passing a crime victims' rights bill known as Marsy's Law, named for his murdered sister, which has been adopted by 12 states.
- In 2019, Nicholas was charged with five counts of drug trafficking after police found heroin and methamphetamine in his Las Vegas hotel room.
- He took a plea deal, agreeing to attend drug counseling and donate $500,000 to treatment centers.
- A music enthusiast, Nicholas says his inspiration for Broadcom came from Pink Floyd lyrics.
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