Hock E. Tan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
10 yr
4 reports
Broadcom Inc. ·AVGO
CEO directly oversees both chip and software presidents
Technology · Fortune #88 · Hybrid structure · 37K employees · Palo Alto, California
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4
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 8)
4
Avg span
moderate
2
Max depth
2 levels
6.3 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
25%
Internal hires
↓ below industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-11-02 · 10-K
Revenue
$63.9B
Operating income
$25.5B
Net income
$5.9B
Total assets
$171.1B
Shares out
4.74B
Sourced from Broadcom Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-02 ↗ View on SEC
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Broadcom operates with a tightly centralized leadership model in which the CEO directly oversees both semiconductor and software businesses. This page maps the executive structure, highlights recent CFO succession, and compares Broadcom’s unusually lean top team with major technology peers.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Kirsten M. Spears departed as Chief Financial Officer
Announced retirement effective June 12, 2026.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO to reduce the CEO’s direct span and manage day-to-day operations.
- Remove Outgoing CFO Role Eliminate the outgoing CFO position following full transition to the new CFO.
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The people
Who's running this
5 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
Amie Thuener
Chief Financial Officer (Incoming)
Finance
0 yr
0 reports
Kirsten M. Spears
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Finance
8 yr
0 reports
internal
Charlie B. Kawwas, Ph.D.
President, Semiconductor Solutions Group
Semiconductors
3 yr
0 reports
Mark D. Brazeal
Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer
Legal
8 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Hock E. Tan $205.3M
- Base salary
- $1.20M
- Stock awards
- $202.35M
- Non-equity incentive
- $1.73M
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
6×CEO base salary
3×NEO base salary
Executives must meet ownership guidelines within five years.
| Holder | Shares | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Hock E. Tan | 908K | <1% |
The businesses
How Broadcom Inc. divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Semiconductor Solutions Group
20K employees
President, Semiconductor Solutions Group (Charlie B. Kawwas)
Designs and sells semiconductor products for networking, broadband, wireless and AI infrastructure.
$36.9B rev +65% YoY FY2025
Infrastructure Software
10K employees
President and CEO (Hock E. Tan)
Provides enterprise infrastructure software, including VMware-based platforms.
$27.0B rev +26% YoY FY2025
Corporate Finance
2K employees
Chief Financial Officer (Amie Thuener)
Manages financial reporting, capital allocation, tax and treasury.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Broadcom’s most distinctive structural feature is that its CEO directly oversees the presidents of its major operating businesses rather than delegating through a COO.
Hock Tan has only a small number of direct reports, but they include leaders with full P&L responsibility, most notably the Semiconductor Solutions Group president. This creates a highly centralized decision-making model.
The structure is hybrid: operational businesses are organized divisionally, while corporate control functions such as finance and legal report functionally to the CEO. The CFO transition in 2026 reinforces the CEO-centric model, as finance leadership changes do not add an additional management layer.
Compared with peers, Broadcom runs unusually lean at the top, with fewer C-suite roles and limited depth, reflecting Tan’s long-standing preference for tight control over capital allocation and M&A execution.
- No Chief Operating Officer
- Direct CEO oversight of major business presidents
The comparison
How Broadcom Inc. stacks up
Relative to peers like Intel, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm, Broadcom maintains a smaller executive committee and fewer management layers. Many semiconductor peers employ a COO or multiple segment CEOs, while Broadcom concentrates authority with the CEO and a handful of trusted executives. This has enabled faster integration of …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Broadcom Inc.
2 levels
5 levels
4 levels
5 levels
4 levels
5 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Broadcom Inc. — no COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant recent change is the 2026 CFO transition from Kirsten Spears to Amie Thuener.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-02
- CEO
- Hock E. Tan
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 6.5 yr
Leadership remained stable with a lean executive team.
Named executive officers (4)
- Hock E. Tan - President and CEO since 2016
- Kirsten M. Spears - CFO since 2018
- Mark D. Brazeal - Chief Legal Officer since 2018
- Charlie B. Kawwas - President, SSG since 2023
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-03-01
- CEO
- Hock E. Tan
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
Structure unchanged year over year.
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-03-01
- CEO
- Hock E. Tan
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 5.8 yr
Post-VMware acquisition integration ongoing.
Year-over-year changes
No major executive changes; tenure increased as team remained stable.
- CEO span: 4 → 4
- C-suite size: 4 → 4
- Avg tenure: 6 → 6.5 yr
The board
Board of directors
2 directors. 1 of 2 independent (50%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Henry Samueli
Chair Independent
Chairman, Broadcom Inc.
Hock E. Tan
Inside
CEO, Broadcom Inc.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Broadcom?
Hock E. Tan has served as President and CEO of Broadcom since 2016.
What type of organizational structure does Broadcom use?
Broadcom uses a hybrid structure combining divisional business units with centralized functional control.
How many direct reports does Broadcom's CEO have?
As of 2026, the CEO has four direct executive reports.
How has Broadcom's leadership changed recently?
In 2026, Broadcom announced the retirement of CFO Kirsten Spears and appointed Amie Thuener as her successor.
Does Broadcom have a COO?
No, Broadcom does not have a Chief Operating Officer; major business leaders report directly to the CEO.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Apr 2 2026
- 8-K Filing, Mar 2 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Broadcom Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Broadcom Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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