Broadcom’s Samueli to Be Honored for Leadership

Henry Samueli will receive the Orange County chapter of the American Jewish Committee’s National Human Relations Award at the Four Seasons hotel in Newport Beach on April 22.

Samueli, co-founder and co-chairman of the board of Broadcom Corp. in Irvine, is being recognized for his community leadership. He is a member of the UCI Chief Executive Roundtable and serves on the board of trustees of the UCI Foundation and the board of directors of the Orange County Performing Arts Center. He is also active with the Orangewood Children’s Foundation.

“I’m quite flattered that they’re bestowing this honor on me,” Samueli says. “It’s overwhelming how our lives have changed in the last year since Broadcom went public [in April]. It’s like drinking from a fire hydrant.”

Broadcom, which makes computer chips that speed up Internet transmissions over phone and TV lines, has been popular with investors. Its stock price has more than tripled before retreating recently.

“I feel close to Orange County. It’s my home,” says Samueli, who moved here 3 1/2 years ago. “It’s nice that [our success] has happened here. I feel closer to this community than I do L.A., where I lived for most of my life. It’s a nice community, and people are really friendly.”

Richard Gollis, president of the Orange County chapter of AJC, says, “Henry Samueli has given tremendously of his time and his capabilities to help Orange County become a better place for all of us.”

Honorary co-chairs for the dinner are Ralph Cicerone, chancellor of UC Irvine; Mark Johnson, chairman of the board of the Orange County Performing Arts Center; Rabbi Allen Krause, spiritual leader of Temple Beth El, Aliso Viejo; Henry Nicholas, president and CEO of Broadcom; and Richard Sim, group president, the Irvine Co.

The American Jewish Committee, founded in 1906, is a national human relation’s organization dedicated to protecting the rights and liberties of minority groups and to strengthening understanding among racial, ethnic and religious communities.

Tickets are $250. Call the AJC office at (949) 660-8525.