Family, business led Broadcom chief to step down. (Up Front).(Henry Nicholas) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: February 3, 2003| Author: Simons, Andrew | COPYRIGHT 2003 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Two forces -- one personal, one professional -- brought billionaire Henry Nicholas' career as Broadcom Corp.'s cocksure chief executive to a startling conclusion.

One was Nicholas' quest to save his broken marriage. The other: leadership tactics that made him famous, and made him enemies.

The two coalesced in a demand from his wife and in private meetings with longtime partner and onetime professor Henry Samueli.

Samueli and Nicholas, who have worke...