A photo of Hermann Hauser

Interview

August 27, 2024

'We’re responsible for the survival of Apple': Arm's Hermann Hauser on building billion-dollar tech companies in Europe

The father of one of Europe’s biggest success stories says pieces are still missing to create future tech champions

Hermann Hauser, who helped establish the chip design company, and one of  European tech’s biggest success stories, Arm Holdings, says that he’s the reason Apple is still standing.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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