Broadcom was founded in 1991 by Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas III as Broadband Telecom. The founders had a shared vision of cable and high-speed networking., The company grew rapidly, with 40 employees and revenue of $6.6 million in 1995 and 921 employees and $521.2 million in revenue in 1999., Today Broadcom Corporation is a semiconductor supplier for the global wireless and wired communications industry and is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers.