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'{{refimprove|date=May 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Henry Samueli | image = Stanley Cup Ducks and Bush Samueli crop.jpg | caption = Samueli (right) and the [[Stanley Cup]] champion [[Anaheim Ducks]] present then-President [[George W. Bush]] with a jersey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|9|20}} | birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]] | birth_name = | residence = [[Newport Beach]], California, US | nationality = United States | education = | alma_mater = [[UCLA]] (B.S., 1975; M.S., 1976; Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1980) | occupation = | known_for = co-founder of [[Broadcom]]<br> owner of the [[Anaheim Ducks]]<br>philanthropy | networth = $4 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] (January 2018)<ref name=ForbesBillionaires>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/henry-samueli/?list=rtb/ Forbes – The World's Billionaires: Henry Samueli], January 2018.</ref> | children = Three, Leslie, Jillian and Erin; one grandchild. | spouse = Susan Samueli | parents = | website = }} '''Henry Samueli''' (born September 20, 1954) is an American businessman, engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of [[Broadcom]], owner of the [[Anaheim Ducks]], and a prominent [[philanthropy|philanthropist]] in the [[Orange County, California]] community. He serves as Chief Technical Officer and Board Member of Broadcom Limited. He is also a Professor (on leave of absence) in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA, and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Irvine.  He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology^{[[Henry Samueli#cite note-2|[2]]]} and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan[[Henry Samueli#cite note-3|^[3]]]. He is a named inventor in 75 U.S. patents. He is a Fellow of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE), a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (AAAS) and a Member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] (NAE). In 2012 Samueli won the [[Marconi Prize]] and Fellowship^{[[Henry Samueli#cite note-UCLA-4|[4]]]} for "pioneering advances in the development and commercialization of analog and mixed signal circuits for modern communication systems, in particular the cable modem."[[Henry Samueli#cite note-5|^[5]]] In 2017 [[Forbes|''Forbes'']] placed Samueli's net worth at $3.8 billion.[[Henry Samueli#cite note-6|^[6]]] He currently resides with his wife Susan in Newport Beach, California. ==Education== Samueli's parents, Sala and Aron, were [[Polish Jewish]] immigrants who survived the [[Nazi occupation of Europe]] and arrived in the United States with almost nothing.<ref name="latimesJune242008"/> Samueli stocked shelves in his family's Los Angeles liquor store and graduated from [[Bancroft Middle School (Los Angeles, California)|Bancroft Junior High School]] and [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]].<ref name="latimesJune242008"/> Samueli became interested in electronics when he took a shop class at Bancroft. Samueli attended [[UCLA]], where he received his [[bachelor's degree]] (1975), [[master's degree]] (1976), and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] (1980), all in the field of electrical engineering. His Ph.D. advisor was Alan N. Willson Jr. and his Ph.D. dissertation is entitled [http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/X91VSM2BUESDBNA7KHH8IXVBQF4T4MBP8NTEUMTBRSJU1GCTAV-10435?func=find-b&find_code=AUT&request=Samueli%2C+Henry&adjacent=N&filter_code_4=WID&filter_request_4=&filter_code_5=WTP&filter_request_5=&filter_code_1=WLN&filter_request_1=&filter_code_2=WYR&filter_request_2=&filter_code_3=WYR&filter_request_3=&x=0&y=0 "Nonperiodic forced overflow oscillations in digital filters"]. ==Broadcom origins== In 1991, while still working as a professor at UCLA, Samueli co-founded [[Broadcom]] with one of his former students, [[Henry Nicholas]]. Each invested $5,000 and worked out of Nicholas' Redondo Beach home, moving to Irvine four years later and taking the firm public three years after that.<ref name="latimesJune242008"/> In 1998, when Broadcom became a publicly traded company, Samueli stopped working as a professor, but the [[Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science|UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering]] still maintains his name on the list of faculty.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} ==Anaheim Ducks ownership== In June 2005, he and his wife Susan bought the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from the [[Walt Disney Company]] for $75 million. The deal also included Anaheim Arena Management, the company that operates the city-owned Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, the home of the Ducks. In 2006, Samueli announced he was changing the team's name to the [[Anaheim Ducks]] and the arena's name to the [[Honda Center]]. The Ducks were reportedly worth $188 million in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=The business of hockey, 2010|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/31/hockey-valuations-10_rank.html|publisher=''[[Forbes]]''|accessdate=August 10, 2011}}</ref> Under the ownership of Samueli and his wife Susan, the Ducks won the [[2007 Stanley Cup Finals|2007 Stanley Cup]] championship. In June 2008, the NHL indefinitely suspended Samueli as owner after he pleaded guilty to lying to U.S. securities regulators.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/448792 | work=The Star | location=Toronto | title=Bettman puts Samueli on ice | date=June 25, 2008 | accessdate=May 4, 2010 | first=Rick | last=Westhead}}</ref> However, on November 12, 2009, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman reinstated Henry Samueli as owner of the Anaheim Ducks, citing lack of evidence and his outstanding character.<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=505866|title=NHL reinstates Ducks owner Henry Samueli|publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |date = November 12, 2009}}</ref> The case was ultimately dismissed on December 10, 2009, by U.S. District Judge [[Cormac J. Carney]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Eric|first=Stephens|title=Bettman regrets Samueli suspension|url=http://ducks.ocregister.com/2009/12/11/bettman-regrets-samueli-suspension/25433/ |newspaper=Orange Cpunty Register |date=December 11, 2009 |accessdate=November 28, 2012}}</ref> In January 2015, Samueli, his wife and his daughter acquired ownership of the Ducks' [[American Hockey League]] affiliate, the [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]]. They subsequently moved the franchise to [[San Diego]] as part of the AHL's western expansion that year and the team was re-branded as the fourth incarnation of the [[San Diego Gulls]].<ref>http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=750924&navid=DL</ref> ==Other interests== ===Health and alternative medicine=== Samueli and his wife established the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at [[UC Irvine]], and the Samueli Institute for Information Biology in Washington, D.C. The controversial activities of both organizations reflect Susan Samueli's interest in [[homeopathy]] and [[alternative medicine]].<ref name=Boodman>Sandra G. Boodman, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/2005/07/12/probing-edges-of-medicine-and-reality/760a13dd-0d3e-498d-816b-338b8950c7fa/ "Probing Edges Of Medicine—And Reality"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', July 12, 2005.</ref> They have also supported the research of the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California in cancer prevention and treatment.<ref>[http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/guide-to-individual-donors/henry-samueli.html "Henry Samueli"], ''[[Inside Philanthropy]]'' (accessed 2016-01-14).</ref> ===Education=== [[Image:Samueli UCLA.jpg|thumb|right|Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA]] Before starting [[Broadcom]], Henry Samueli worked in the department of engineering at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], and he and his wife subsequently made major donations to the [[UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science]] and UC Irvine [[Henry Samueli School of Engineering]], which have since been named after him. Samueli's donation founded the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at [[Chapman University]], which was dedicated in 2005.<ref name="latimesJune242008"/> The Foundation has also given grants to Tarbut V' Torah, [[Chapman University]], the [[Orange County School of the Arts]] (OCSA), the [[Ocean Institute]], El Viento, [[THINK Together]], Orangewood’s Guardian Scholar Program, [[KOCE]], the [[Discovery Science Center]] and Hope University. ==Financial investigation== Both the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]], as well as the Department of Justice had been investigating [[Broadcom Corporation]] for [[Options backdating|backdating]] of [[stock options]].<ref>[http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/02/19/2347891.htm Samueli and Broadcom going different ways]</ref> On May 15, 2008, Samueli resigned as Chairman of the Board and took a leave of absence as Chief Technology Officer after being named in a civil complaint by the SEC.<ref>[http://losangeles.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2008/05/12/daily23.html?ana=yfcpc Broadcom execs charged by SEC, take leave of absence]</ref> On June 23, 2008, Samueli pleaded guilty for lying to SEC for $2.2 billion of backdating. Under the [[plea bargain]], Samueli agreed to a sentence of five years probation, a $250,000 criminal fine, and a $12 million payment to the US Treasury.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te/broadcom_samueli Broadcom exec pleads guilty to lying to SEC]</ref><ref>[http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202422503217 Broadcom Co-Founder Enters Guilty Plea]</ref> During the technology boom in the 2000s, Samueli and Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III awarded millions of stock options to attract and reward employees. Prosecutors alleged Samueli and Nicholas granted options to others, including some other top executives but not themselves, to avoid having to report $2.2 billion in compensation costs to shareholders.<ref name="latimesJune242008">{{Cite news | last=Reckard | first=E. Scott | last2=Goffard | first2=Christopher | title=Broadcom co-founder Samueli pleads guilty in stock options fraud case | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=June 24, 2008 | url= http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-samueli24-2008jun24,0,3244548.story | postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref> Prosecutors focused on the fact that Samueli denied under oath any role in making options grants to high-ranking executives. As part of his plea agreement, Samueli admitted the statement was false, and admitting to being part of the options-granting process.<ref name="latimesJune242008"/> However, an internal Broadcom probe laid the majority of blame on [[Henry Nicholas]] and [[William Ruehle]]. On September 8, 2008, U.S. District Court Judge [[Cormac Carney]] (a fellow UCLA alumnus) rejected a plea deal that called for Samueli to receive probation, writing: "The court cannot accept a plea agreement that gives the impression that justice is for sale".<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Alk7qouDJqZDsKZboRfZSQN7vLYF?slug=ap-samueli-plea&prov=ap&type=lgns Judge rejects plea deal for Broadcom’s Samueli] Associated Press September 8, 2008</ref> 16 months later, on December 10, 2009, Judge Carney dismissed the case against Samueli, citing Samueli's testimony in another case as well as prosecutorial misconduct.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-samueli10-2009dec10,0,7251404.story | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Judge dismisses charge against Broadcom co-founder | first1=Stuart | last1=Pfeifer | date=December 10, 2009 | accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *[http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty-samueli.htm Samueli's biography] at the UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering *[http://www.samueli.org The Samueli Foundation] {{Anaheim Ducks}} {{NHLOwners}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Samueli, Henry}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:American academics]] [[Category:American billionaires]] [[Category:American communications businesspeople]] [[Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent]] [[Category:Anaheim Ducks executives]] [[Category:Giving Pledgers]] [[Category:Jewish American sportspeople]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering]] [[Category:National Hockey League executives]] [[Category:National Hockey League owners]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York]] [[Category:Stanley Cup champions]] [[Category:UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni]] [[Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty]] [[Category:American chief technologists]] [[Category:Fellow Members of the IEEE]] [[Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]'