Leadership change at Broadcom with new CFO appointment

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Image credit: Amie Thuener, Chief Financial Officer, Broadcom
U.S. chip designer Broadcom on Thursday named Alphabet executive Amie Thuener ​as its next finance chief, effective June ‌12, when incumbent Kirsten Spears retires.

Thuener is currently Alphabet’s vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer.

In the past, ​she has also served as a managing director ​at PricewaterhouseCoopers, overseeing transaction and accounting advisory services.

“She (Amie) ⁠will bring deep experience in financial reporting, corporate ​governance, AI-related transactions and leading complex, global organizations,” ​Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan said.

Spears, Broadcom’s CFO since late 2020, will remain on as an advisor for nine months ​after retiring to help ensure a smooth transition.

Under ​Spears, Broadcom completed its $69 billion acquisition of cloud-computing firm VMware in ‌2023.

Broadcom, ⁠a supplier of semiconductors and infrastructure software with a market value of $1.48 trillion, typically does not design full AI chips on its own. Instead, it works with ​clients such as ​Google to ⁠develop their tensor processing units (TPU) and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on their in-house custom processors.

The ​chip designer last month projected its ​AI chip ⁠revenue exceeding $100 billion next year due to surging demand for custom chips in a market dominated by Nvidia. But ⁠the ​soaring demand has also strained production, with supply chain ​constraints across the technology sector.

Content Courtesy – Reuters

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