Susan & Henry Samueli Owners
From 1972 to 1985 she was with IBM Corporation, where she worked initially as a software programmer in the Federal Systems Division, Westlake Village, CA, and then as a Systems Engineer in the National Marketing Division, Los Angeles, CA, providing technical marketing and sales support for IBM's mid- range computer systems. In 1985 she left IBM and focused her energy on raising her children, at which time she developed a keen interest in alternative health care. She developed an active consulting practice in the areas of nutrition, homeopathy, and Chinese herbs and subsequently received a Ph.D. degree in nutrition from the American Holistic College of Nutrition in 1993 and a diploma in Homeopathy from the British Institute of Homeopathy in 1994. Henry Samueli was born in Buffalo, NY and grew up in Los
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Angeles, CA. He earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 1975, 1976 and 1980, respectively. From 1980-1985, he worked in the defense industry and held various engineering and management positions in the Electronics and Technology Division of TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA. Since 1985 Dr. Samueli has been a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at UCLA, and he has also served as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Irvine since 2003. In 1988 he co-founded PairGain Technologies, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and served as a consultant and Chief Scientist of the company until 1994. In 1991 he co-founded Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in providing semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless com- munications. Dr. Samueli took a leave of absence from UCLA in 1995 to be at Broadcom full-time. As Chief Technology Officer he helps drive the vision of the company’s research and development activities. He has published over 100 technical papers and he is a named inventor in over 60 U.S. patents. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2000, a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004. In December 2003, Susan and Henry purchased the man-
agement contract for the Honda Center sports and entertain- ment venue, creating Anaheim Arena Management, LLC, to
usan Samueli was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She earned a B.S. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1972.
oversee all operations of the arena, and in June 2005 they pur- chased the Anaheim Ducks National Hockey League club, Honda Center’s largest tenant. In 2005 and 2008 Honda Center was ranked as the third-largest grossing arena in the world in concert ticket sales, and in 2007 the Anaheim Ducks became the first California team ever to win the Stanley Cup championship. The success of Broadcom Corporation has also provided
Susan and Henry the opportunity to support many worthwhile nonprofit organizations. After Broadcom’s initial public offering in 1998 they created the Samueli Foundation and to date they have gifted over $200 million in the areas of Education, Health, Social Services, the Performing Arts, and Jewish Culture. In 2003 and 2004 Susan and Henry were listed among BusinessWeek’s 50 Most Generous Philanthropists in the nation. Since relocating to Orange County, CA in 1995, Susan and
Henry have become very active in the community. Susan is on the boards of the Orangewood Children’s Foundation and the Samueli Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization they founded in 2001 focused on complementary and integra- tive medicine and the science of healing. Susan also serves on the Advisory Board of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at UC Irvine’s College of Medicine. She was honored with the UC Irvine Medal in 2000, the Ellen Cooperman Angel Award from the John Wayne Cancer Institute in 2002, and the General William Lyon Crystal Vision Philanthropy Award from the Orangewood Children’s Foundation in 2005. Henry serves on the UC President’s Board on Science and
Innovation, the Chancellor’s Advisory Council at both UCLA and UC Irvine. He is also on the Dean’s Advisory Council of both the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. In 2000 he was awarded the University of California Presidential Medal, the UC Irvine Medal, the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science Alumnus of the Year, and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Industrial Pioneer Award. In 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year from UCLA. In 2006 he received the IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Industry Leaders Award, and in 2010 he received the UCLA Medal. #
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