Someone already mentioned SAP. Also Booking.com. But also ARM (though it's hardware, not software). Europe also produces 20% of world's research in the field [

Someone already mentioned SAP. Also Booking.com. But also ARM (though it's hardware, not software). Europe also produces 20% of world's research in the field [1] The big question though is: do we measure success correctly? The vast majority of "great American companies" are either vaporware with inflated valuations, or produce zero innovations [2] [1] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/european-rd-review-finds-lagging-high-tech-performance-despite-major-science-investment https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/european-rd-review-f... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24460504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24460504