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Possible to update infobox?

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Can Wikipedia editors update the Hock Tan article's infobox to include a Spouse category for his wife, Lya Truong? It looks like the "| spouse" code is already there, someone just needs to add "= Lya Truong". This information is already included in the Personal life section (""Tan divorced K. Lisa Yang and married Lya Truong").

My understanding is that I shouldn't edit directly since I work for Broadcom, where Hock Tan is the CEO. You can see my disclosure statement here. I'm hoping that independent editors can review and implement this request. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks. BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 20:50, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like more should be done to the article too besides this, as an update. It looks like the whole philanthropy section for example describes Tan and Yang as working together in present tense. Likeanechointheforest (talk) 22:14, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Likeanechointheforest. I agree. The infobox change is my first request, but I'd also like to update the Personal life and Philanthropy sections.
For the Personal life section, it would be nice if we could strip out some of the details about K. Lisa Yang, since the two are no longer married and the article is not about her. A revised version would look like this:
Revised Personal life section
 Done Likeanechointheforest (talk) 16:54, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life

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Tan became a U.S. citizen in 1990.[1] He married K. Lisa Yang.[2] Their three children spent their early years in Singapore.[3] The family moved to Philadelphia after their son Douglas was diagnosed with autism by a pediatric neurologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who suggested the boy would receive a better education in the U.S.[2] Douglas attended the Timothy School in Philadelphia, and now lives in a Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health group home.[2] Their daughter Eva has been diagnosed with a milder form of autism.[3] Yang helped Eva with her "poor auditory processing skills" when she started taking classes at Harcum College.[2] Eva was later hired by SAP under their Autism at Work program.[2] Their other son, who does not have autism, works as an investment banker in California.[2]

Tan and K. Lisa Yang divorced and Tan is now married to Lya Truong.[4]

Then we change the tense in the Philanthropy section and slightly reorder the content:
Revised Philanthropy section

Philanthropy

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Hock Tan has donated money to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2015, Tan honored former MIT professor Nam P. Suh by donating $4 million to the school to endow a mechanical engineering professorship.[5]

Hock Tan and his first wife, K. Lisa Yang, have also donated money to autism and disability charities. In 2015, Tan and Yang donated $10 million to Cornell University to fund the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Employment and Disability Institute.[2] In 2017, they donated $20 million to MIT to fund research to find effective treatments for autism and find its causes.[2] Their donation created the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research.[2] In 2019, Tan and Yang donated $20 million to Harvard Medical School to create the Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research, a sister of the MIT center.[6] Tan and Yang donated $28 million in 2020 to MIT to create the Yang-Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience.[6]

Would that work? BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 21:54, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for making the suggested updates, Likeanechointheforest. There are a few errors on the page now, though, that I'm hoping you can correct.
First, there's a duplicated claim in the Personal life section, as the first sentence ("Tan divorced K. Lisa Yang and married Lya Truong") and the last sentence ("Tan and K. Lisa Yang divorced and Tan is now married to Lya Truong") say the same thing.
I think it's supposed to look like this:
Revised Personal life section

Tan became a U.S. citizen in 1990.[7] He married his first wife, K. Lisa Yang.[8] Their three children spent their early years in Singapore.[9] The family moved to Philadelphia after their son Douglas was diagnosed with autism by a pediatric neurologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who suggested the boy would receive a better education in the U.S.[8] Douglas attended the Timothy School in Philadelphia, and now lives in a Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health group home.[8] Their daughter Eva has been diagnosed with a milder form of autism.[9] Yang helped Eva with her "poor auditory processing skills" when she started taking classes at Harcum College.[8] Eva was later hired by SAP under their Autism at Work program.[8] Their other son, who does not have autism, works as an investment banker in California.[8]

Tan and K. Lisa Yang divorced and Tan is now married to Lya Truong.[10]

References

  1. ^ Hammond, Ed; King, Ian (March 15, 2018). "Mr. Tan Goes to Washington: The Undoing of a Tech Mega-Deal". Bloomberg News.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Burling, Stacey (February 9, 2017). "Main Line couple give millions to MIT for autism research". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Steele, Jeanette (2018-02-28). "Broadcom's CEO has fortune and business success, but autism touched his family". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  4. ^ "President and Chief Executive Officer". www.broadcom.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  5. ^ Mallinson, Alissa (July 6, 2015). "Alumnus Hock Tan pledges $4 million gift for endowed chair in MechE". MIT News. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Jennings, Katie (September 15, 2020). "Broadcom CEO Donates $28 Million To MIT, Fueling Research For Brain Disorders". Forbes. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Hammond, Ed; King, Ian (March 15, 2018). "Mr. Tan Goes to Washington: The Undoing of a Tech Mega-Deal". Bloomberg News.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Burling, Stacey (February 9, 2017). "Main Line couple give millions to MIT for autism research". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Steele, Jeanette (2018-02-28). "Broadcom's CEO has fortune and business success, but autism touched his family". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  10. ^ "President and Chief Executive Officer". www.broadcom.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
In the draft above, I also changed the line "He married K. Lisa Yang" (which still suggests an ongoing relationship) to "He married his first wife, K. Lisa Yang."
Second, the updated Philanthropy section contains a citation error. I think that's because one of the citations was cut off during the update. It's supposed to look like this:
Revised Philanthropy section

Hock Tan has donated money to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2015, Tan honored former MIT professor Nam P. Suh by donating $4 million to the school to endow a mechanical engineering professorship.[1]

Hock Tan and his first wife, K. Lisa Yang, have also donated money to autism and disability charities. In 2015, Tan and Yang donated $10 million to Cornell University to fund the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Employment and Disability Institute.[2] In 2017, they donated $20 million to MIT to fund research to find effective treatments for autism and find its causes.[2] Their donation created the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research.[2] In 2019, Tan and Yang donated $20 million to Harvard Medical School to create the Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research, a sister of the MIT center.[3] Tan and Yang donated $28 million in 2020 to MIT to create the Yang-Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mallinson, Alissa (July 6, 2015). "Alumnus Hock Tan pledges $4 million gift for endowed chair in MechE". MIT News. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Burling20170209 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Jennings, Katie (September 15, 2020). "Broadcom CEO Donates $28 Million To MIT, Fueling Research For Brain Disorders". Forbes. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
Does this make sense? I'm trying my best to understand how the code is supposed to work, so let me know if I'm getting something wrong. BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 23:24, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing this out! I don't see the citation error, can you point it out specifically? Fixed the other thing. Likeanechointheforest (talk) 00:46, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, there's a missing Philadelphia Inquirer source that's creating a citation error. I think I fixed it here:
Revised Philanthropy section

Hock Tan has donated money to his alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2015, Tan honored former MIT professor Nam P. Suh by donating $4 million to the school to endow a mechanical engineering professorship.[1]

Hock Tan and his first wife, K. Lisa Yang, have also donated money to autism and disability charities. In 2015, Tan and Yang donated $10 million to Cornell University to fund the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Employment and Disability Institute.[2] In 2017, they donated $20 million to MIT to fund research to find effective treatments for autism and find its causes.[2] Their donation created the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research.[2] In 2019, Tan and Yang donated $20 million to Harvard Medical School to create the Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research, a sister of the MIT center.[3] Tan and Yang donated $28 million in 2020 to MIT to create the Yang-Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mallinson, Alissa (July 6, 2015). "Alumnus Hock Tan pledges $4 million gift for endowed chair in MechE". MIT News. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Burling, Stacey (February 9, 2017). "Main Line couple give millions to MIT for autism research". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Jennings, Katie (September 15, 2020). "Broadcom CEO Donates $28 Million To MIT, Fueling Research For Brain Disorders". Forbes. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
Could we also change the line in the Personal life section from "He married K. Lisa Yang" to "He married his first wife, K. Lisa Yang"? BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 22:21, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can we add a photo to the infobox?

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Hi there, I have another suggestion for this article. Can an image of Hock Tan be added to the infobox that's in the top-right of the article? I see that other pages for CEOs usually have such a photo.

I uploaded a recent headshot to Wikimedia Commons. I don't know how an image is moved from there to the article, though. I'm hoping a Wikipedia editor watching this page will be willing to make this update. Please let me know if you have any questions. The file is cleared for usage. BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 22:58, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for adding the photo and fixing the citation error, Ptrnext. I have just one more question: In the Personal life section, could we change "He married K. Lisa Yang" to "He married his first wife, K. Lisa Yang", as the former wording suggests an ongoing relationship? I had a request about this above, but I think reviewing editors may have missed it. BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 20:59, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Career Information Update

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Hi, this is Brian with Broadcom again. I noticed that the career section of this article lacks citations, so it's unclear where much of the information originates from or if it's accurate.

I put together a draft that updates the chronology and adds citations for every claim:

New version of Career section

Career

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After receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School, Hock Tan held finance roles at General Motors and PepsiCo.[1] Tan then returned to Malaysia to take on a director role at Hume Industries, a building materials manufacturer.[2] Five years later, Tan became managing director of Pacven Investment, a Singapore-based venture capital firm he co-founded.[2]

In 1992, Tan transitioned into the technology industry with a vice president role at Commodore International, a computer and electronics manufacturer founded by Jack Tramiel.[3] Two years later, he joined the Pennsylvania-based chip maker Integrated Circuit Systems.[1] In 1995, he was elevated to senior vice president.[4] In 1999, he became chief executive officer.[4] Under Tan, the company was taken private and eventually sold to an investor group led by senior management, Bain Capital, and Bear Stearns.[1][5]

According to Bloomberg, the success of the Integrated Circuit Systems deal "brought Tan to the attention of Silver Lake and KKR".[1] These prominent private equity firms then recruited him to run Avago Technologies, a Singapore-based semiconductor company.[1] In 2015, Tan executed Avago's $37 billion acquisition of Broadcom, which at the time was the largest ever deal for a chip manufacturer.[6] Shortly afterwards, Tan became CEO of the consolidated companies, which rebranded as Broadcom.[7] Under Tan, Broadcom grew rapidly through additional acquisitions,[2] including semiconductor designer LSI and storage networking products leader Brocade.[8][9]

In 2017, Hock Tan led a $117 billion bid for Broadcom's competitor, the San Diego-based Qualcomm.[10] The aggressive takeover would have constituted the largest technology deal of all time.[10] In March 2018, the U.S. government blocked the transaction.[11] Broadcom formally withdrew the bid two days later.[11] Despite the setback, Bloomberg referred to Tan as a "deal addict who built Broadcom from an unwanted spinoff of Hewlett-Packard to one of the giants in the $400-billion semiconductor industry", and speculated that he would soon pursue further U.S. acquisitions.[12]

In April 2018 Broadcom announced that it had completed its move from Singapore back to the United States, which Tan claimed would yield $20 billion yearly in revenue for the US Treasury.[13][14] Tan then pursued a series of deals that expanded Broadcom's software business,[10] including CA Technologies in 2018 and Symantec’s corporate-focused security business in 2019.[15][16]

In April 2020 Tan drew criticism when it was announced that he was forcing employees of Broadcom to return to work for 1 week a month during the COVID-19 outbreak.[17] In September 2020, Tan stated that all Broadcom employees were working in the office in Asia excluding India, and 50% in North America.[18]

In November 2023, Broadcom acquired software company VMware.[19] Tan engaged directly with VMware chairman Michael Dell to negotiate the deal,[20] which was one of the biggest tie-ups ever proposed in the technology sector.[21] That same year, Tan agreed to serve as Broadcom CEO for five more years, telling Financial Times that he "having too much fun" to retire and that Broadcom would pursue further acquisitions in the years ahead.[22] His total compensation from Broadcom at that time was $161.8 million, up 167% from the previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 510-to-1 for the company, as well as making Tan the third highest paid CEO in the US that year.[23]

In February 2024, Tan joined the board of directors of Meta.[24] That same year he received the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award from the Global Semiconductor Alliance.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e King, Ian (November 13, 2017). "Broadcom's Tan Got His Way on Deals; Then He Targeted Qualcomm". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Law, Marcus (February 15, 2024). "Who is Hock Tan, Broadcom CEO and new Meta Board Member?". Technology Magazine. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  3. ^ Birruntha, S (February 15, 2024). "Malaysian-born appointed as new board member at Facebook parent company". New Straits Times. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Form 10-K" (PDF). Integrated Circuit Systems. 2005. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  5. ^ Birruntha, S (February 15, 2024). "Management to acquire Integrated Circuit Systems". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  6. ^ "Timeline: Broadcom's ambitious deal history under CEO Hock Tan". Reuters. July 12, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  7. ^ Chapman, Tom (March 9, 2023). "Leadership Legend: Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom". Business Chief. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  8. ^ de la Merced, Michael J.; Bray, Chad (May 28, 2015). "Avago Agrees to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  9. ^ "Broadcom closes $5.5 billion Brocade deal". Reuters. November 17, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  10. ^ a b c Hu, Krystal; Lee, Jane (May 27, 2022). "How Broadcom CEO Tan shaped a tech giant through acquisitions". Reuters. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Timeline: Broadcom-Qualcomm saga comes to an abrupt end". Reuters. March 14, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  12. ^ Hammond, Ed; King, Ian (March 15, 2018). "Mr. Tan Goes to Washington: The Undoing of a Tech Mega-Deal". Bloomberg. Trump's verdict bookends Tan's unlikely path from White House favorite to acquirer-non-grata in just four months. Tan, a 66-year-old deal addict who built Broadcom from an unwanted spinoff of Hewlett-Packard to one of the giants in the $400 billion semiconductor industry, on Wednesday was forced to concede defeat: Broadcom would formally abandon its bid for Qualcomm. But it also pledged to carry through with plans to move its headquarters to the U.S. -- a move that appeared to be designed to appease officials and, possibly, open the way for other acquisitions.
  13. ^ "Broadcom completes move to U.S. from Singapore". Reuters. April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  14. ^ Schrodt, Paul (May 11, 2018). "Meet America's Highest-Paid CEO, a 66-Year-Old Immigrant From Malaysia Who Calls Himself a 'Frugal Guy'". Reuters. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  15. ^ Aiello, Chloe (July 12, 2018). "Broadcom reaches deal to acquire CA Technologies for $18.9 billion in cash". CNBC. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  16. ^ Fitch, Asa (August 9, 2019). "Broadcom Makes $10.7 Billion Deal to Buy Symantec's Corporate-Focused Security Business". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  17. ^ "Broadcom CEO forcing non-essential employees back to work on April 27". Daily Kos. April 19, 2020.
  18. ^ Tan, Hock; Seymore, Ross (September 15, 2020). "Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) CEO Hock Tan Presents At Deutsche Bank 2020 Virtual Technology Conference Transcript". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  19. ^ Mary Varghese, Harshita (November 22, 2023). "Broadcom closes $69 billion VMware deal after China approval". Reuters. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  20. ^ Johnson, O'Ryan (September 23, 2022). "Broadcom CEO Hock Tan's Guide To Buying VMware In 30 Days". CRN. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  21. ^ Chapman, Michael (May 26, 2022). "Broadcom to buy VMware for $86 billion in big tech tie-up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  22. ^ Bradshaw, Tim (February 2, 2023). "Broadcom chief Hock Tan seeks more acquisitions after $69bn VMware deal". Financial Times. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  23. ^ Paradis, Tim (2024-06-18). "Here are the highest-paid CEOs in the US, some of whom have 9-figure compensation packages". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  24. ^ Vanian, Jonathan (2024-02-14). "Meta says Broadcom CEO Hock Tan is joining board of directors". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  25. ^ Davis, Shannon (November 19, 2024). "Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces 2024 Award Nominees". Semiconductor Digest.

Key changes:

  • This draft lightly updates the early career passages with new details and revised wording. Cited sources include Bloomberg, New Straits Times, the New York Times, Reuters, and other prominent outlets.
  • I considerably expanded the section about acquisitions Tan pursued at Broadcom, since those deals all received considerable media attention and Tan's business strategy was discussed at length in the cited sources.
  • I kept the paragraphs about Broadcom's remote work policies and salary, since it didn't seem appropriate for me to remove or revise "critical" passages.

I'm hoping that independent editors can review and implement this request. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks. BrianAtBroadcom (talk) 22:49, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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