ASML Holding N.V - Monopoly by Design: The $1 Trillion Chip Race
The Machine That Prints the Future—and the Company That Owns It
Business Profile
Name: ASML Holding N.V.
Size: €235 billion
Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
Average Volume: 873,230 shares
Price: $609
CEO: Christopher Fouquet
What’s the Story Behind ASML Holding?
Founded in 1984 as a joint venture between ASM International and Philips, ASML has grown from a small Dutch startup to the most critical supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the world. Today, it’s the only company capable of producing the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines needed to create the smallest, fastest, and most power-efficient chips.
Source: ASML 2025 First Quarter
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