The Secret Life of a Broadcom Exec

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The Secret Life of a Broadcom Exec

By Adam Myers ⋅ June 6, 2008 ⋅

Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III was in custody Thursday on charges that he slipped ecstasy into the drinks of technology executives, maintained a warehouse to store cocaine and tried to conceal his illegal conduct with bribes and death threats. [...]

The 18-page indictment on drug charges alleges that Nicholas kept four properties in Orange

County and Las Vegas, including a warehouse in Laguna Niguel, Calif., where he stashed and distributed cocaine, methamphetamine and ecstasy.

He later remodeled the warehouse with private rooms and furnished it with art and high-end electronics.

The court documents also claim Nicholas hired prostitutes and escorts for himself, his employees and customers and conspired to get illegal prescriptions for drugs such as Valium.

In 2001, Nicholas smoked so much marijuana during a flight on a private jet between Orange County and Las Vegas that the pilot had to put on an oxygen mask, the indictment states.

Another example that proves the tech world is just as seedy as the rest Clearly this explains their shoddy support of Linux. You can’t be aces ten at everything!

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