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(The reason Google has an office here is because Urs Hölzle studied at ETH at knew people here.)
by thomasdullien 6y ago
(The reason Google has an office here is because Urs Hölzle studied at ETH at knew people here.)
- amf12 6y agoNot just studied; he is Swiss!
- Tainnor 6y agoI mean, the name is kind of a giveaway ;)
- Rochus 6y agoHe made his PhD at Stanford in the nineties and had a company with Bak and others in Palo Alto and still lives there. So no, I don't think that was the reason. And apparently Google values its Zurich location so much that it is constantly being expanded, see e.g. https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/15-jahre-in-der-schweiz-so-sieht-der-neue-google-hauptsitz-in-zuerich-aus-id15509450.html https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/15-jahre-in-der-schweiz-so-sieh.... So obviously it's not just an office.