Thursday, November 16, 2023

Tan Hock Eng | Broadcom | 陳福陽

 

Tan Hock Eng (Chinese陳福陽pinyinChén FúyángPe̍h-ōe-jīTân Hok-iâng; born 1951 or 1952 in Penang) is a Malaysian Chinese business executive and philanthropist. He is the CEO of Broadcom Inc. He was the highest earning CEO in the US in 2017, earning US$103.2 million that year.[1]

Early life[edit]

Tan was born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1951 or 1952.[2] He received a scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1971. In 1975, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and earned a master's degree in the same subject later in the year.[3][4] Tan also attended Harvard University to earn an MBA a few years later.

Personal life[edit]

Tan married K. Lisa Yang.[10] Born in Singapore, Yang graduated from Cornell University.[10] After the family moved to the U.S., Yang worked as an investment banker on Wall Street until retiring.[2]

The couple's three children spent their early years in Singapore.[2] 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.[10] Douglas attended the Timothy School in Philadelphia, and now lives in a Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health group home.[10]

Their daughter Eva has been diagnosed with a milder form of autism.[2] Yang helped Eva with her "poor auditory processing skills" when she started taking classes at Harcum College.[10] Eva was later hired by SAP under their Autism at Work program.[10]

The couple's other son, who does not have autism,[10]works as an investment banker in California.

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