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‘Diamonds and Turds’: How Hock Tan Turned Broadcom Into an AI Juggernaut
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Early last year, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan decided to host what he likes to call a “coffee chat” with the employees of VMware, the software giant that the Broadcom CEO had recently purchased for $84 billion. The companywide meeting was Tan’s effort to introduce himself and answer questions from …
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