‘Diamonds and Turds’: How Hock Tan Turned Broadcom Into an AI Juggernaut

‘Diamonds and Turds’: How Hock Tan Turned Broadcom Into an AI Juggernaut

By Jemima McEvoy,Qianer Liu,Wayne Ma
Publication Date: 2025-12-05 17:02:00

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 …