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Not only are the CEO + COO French, they recently hired Le Maire, French ex-minister of Finance as a strategic advisor. ASML has also been rumoured to exit the N
by molf 1y ago
Not only are the CEO + COO French, they recently hired Le Maire, French ex-minister of Finance as a strategic advisor. ASML has also been rumoured to exit the Netherlands and relocate to France.
It is definitely a political move.
- apexalpha 1y agoI doubt the relocation: they just announced a new production site with 20.000 job openings in the next 3 years around Eindhoven. I'm sure the French would love it, though. I always thought ASML would open a R&D facility in France or so to court the French government. Guess this is it.
- prof-dr-ir 1y agoI agree that a relocation might not happen, but the increasing Frenchification of ASML after their CEO became French does smell a little off.
- drexlspivey 1y agoAre Google and Microsoft “Indianified” because their CEOs are from India?
- prof-dr-ir 1y agoI think you misread my comment. Did the CEOs of Google or Microsoft hire former ministers from India as strategic advisors, or make unprecedented and eyebrow-raising investments in Indian startups?
- seper8 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41785265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41785265
- seper8 1y agoThere is not enough power in the region to facilitate ASML demand. Rumors of dc's opening in France instead.
- rdm_blackhole 1y ago> they recently hired Le Maire, French ex-minister of Finance as a strategic advisor. Then I can say without much speculation that this will end in a disaster. Hiring Le Maire as a strategic advisor with his "accomplishments" should be taken as a sign of clear enshitiffication.
- laurent_du 1y agoHe won't be giving any advice, they are buying his contact list.
- akkad33 1y agoStill smells like corruption