: Broadcom loses top software exec in the middle of VMware deal

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Broadcom Inc.’s head of software Tom Krause is leaving the company in the middle of a $61 billion software acquisition he helped bring about, which analysts called “a surprise” and “not the greatest of news” Monday morning.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday, Broadcom AVGO said that Krause will leave the company effective Friday to “accept another role at a privately held enterprise software company.” Krause served as Broadcom’s chief financial officer from October 2016 to December 2020, after joining the…