Tom Krause , currently Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom, has been named President of the newInfrastructure Software Group , overseeing the Company's six software divisions as well as software sales, customer support and software operations.Charlie Kawwas , currently Senior Vice President andChief Sales Officer of Broadcom, has been named Chief Operating Officer of Broadcom, now overseeing the Company's global operations, as well as continuing to be responsible for sales for the Semiconductor and Brocade Storage Networking businesses and corporate marketing for all of Broadcom.Kirsten Spears , currently Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Broadcom, will now assume the role of Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom.
For Fiscal Year 2020, Broadcom's one-year total shareholder return ("TSR") was 23.5%. Broadcom's TSR has increased by 15.7% annually on average over the past three years, and by 26.8% annually on average over the past five years. Additionally, since its initial public offering in 2009, Broadcom has increased its absolute TSR by over 2,500%, averaging a TSR increase of 34.0% annually.
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