Deals
Mr. Tan Goes to Washington: The Undoing of a Tech Mega-Deal
- How Broadcom went from Trump darling to national security risk
- Insiders recount the four months that made and broke the deal
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Hock Tan had a trick for winning over skeptical investors.
When people asked why he was so confident that Washington would approve his $117 billion takeover of Qualcomm Inc., Tan would take out his cell phone and show them a photo of himself with U.S. President Donald Trump.