Henry Nicholas III

Cofounder, Broadcom

$24.25B

$315.3M (-1.3%)

as of 04/20/26

About Henry Nicholas III

Henry Nicholas III and business partner Henry Samueli cofounded fabless semiconductor firm Broadcom in 1991 in a Redondo Beach, California condominium.

Nicholas resigned as CEO of Broadcom in 2003, five years after taking the company public.

He's now focused on passing a crime victims' rights bill known as Marsy's Law, named for his murdered sister, which has been adopted by 12 states.

In 2019, Nicholas was charged with five counts of drug trafficking after police found heroin and methamphetamine in his Las Vegas hotel room.

He took a plea deal, agreeing to attend drug counseling and donate $500,000 to treatment centers.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Semiconductors

Residence

Newport Coast, California

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

10/08/59 (age 66)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, Los Angeles; Doctorate, University of California, Los Angeles; Master of Science, University of California, Los Angeles

Self-made

self-made