Qualcomm’s former exec chair will exit after exploring an acquisition bid

There’s a new twist in the BroadQualm saga this afternoon as Qualcommhas said it won’t renominate Paul Jacobs, the former executive chairman of the company, after he notified the board that he decided to explore the possibility of making a proposal to acquire Qualcomm.
The last time we saw such a huge exploration to acquire a company was circa 2013, when Dellinitiated a leveraged buyout to take the company private in a deal worth $24.4 billion. This would be of a dramatically la