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Christophe Fouquet

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Management, Asml Holding

Search every verified Christophe Fouquet interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Christophe Fouquet, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Management at ASML Holding, has recently discussed the company's role in the semiconductor and AI industries. In a July 2026 podcast with Scottish Mortgage, he stated that without ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology, there would be no AI, asserting that EUV machines are essential for producing advanced nodes like 3 nanometer and 2 nanometer. He described ASML's position as an "agnostic royalty on AI demand," noting that regardless of which application or model layer companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google succeed, they will still require lithography machines to build chips. During ASML's Q2 2026 earnings calls and video interview in mid-July, Fouquet reported strong results, including total net sales of 9.3 billion euros and a gross margin of 54%, both above guidance. He announced plans to ship about 65 low-NA EUV machines in 2026, representing roughly 45% growth in the EUV business, and highlighted that Intel Foundry is using ASML's high-NA EUV technology on the Intel 18A process node to produce a subset of its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors. Fouquet also discussed broader industry dynamics, saying that demand for AI infrastructure remains "enormous" and that the market is likely to be supply-limited for several years. In a June 2026 Bloomberg interview, he commented on geopolitical issues, stating that the US is a "clear winner" in the semiconductor ecosystem and that Europe faces challenges in fostering innovation, while also noting a partnership with Tata to support semiconductor manufacturing development in India.

Recent appearances

  • Christophe Fouquet: Leading the World's Most Indispensable Company

    October 08, 2026 · 📺 A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton

    There is exactly one company on Earth that can build the machines advanced chipmakers need to make the world's most powerful semiconductors. In this episode of A Bit Personal, Jodi Shelton sits down with Christophe Fouquet, President and CEO of ASML, to go behind the scenes of a company most people have never heard of — and can't live without. Christophe joined ASML in 2008 as an engineer with a physics degree from Grenoble, and spent sixteen years working his way up through the company he now leads, including the years spent industrializing EUV lithography, the breakthrough technology that m…

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  • Scottish Mortgage Podcast: ASML

    July 30, 2026 · 📺 The Association of Investment Companies (AIC)

    ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet tells Scottish Mortgage manager Lawrence Burns why, without the firm's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology, there would be no AI. Capital at risk. Recorded July 2026 #investmentcompanies #investmenttrusts #investing The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) represents investment companies, investment trusts and Venture Capital Trusts. We help our member companies deliver better returns for their investors. We provide investment company guides, information, performance data and news to people interested in finding out more about investment companies. Visit the…

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  • ASML Holding Q2 2026 Video Interview | EUV Lithography Demand Inflows Fuel Long-Term Outlook

    July 29, 2026 · 📺 i101

    ASML Holding Q2 2026 Video Interview | EUV Lithography Demand Inflows Fuel Long-Term Outlook Twitter - https://x.com/i101yt If you find our work useful, please support us by purchasing a Super Thanks— it truly helps us a lot. #earningscall #StockMarketNews #conferenceCall Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | quarterly results | Stock News | Full Year results | Fiscal Year results | investment news | stock latest news | Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Annual Meeting of Unitholders | Special and Annual Meeting of Shareholders | AGM | Annual General Meetin…

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  • $ASML ASML Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call

    July 15, 2026 · 📺 EARNMOAR

    07/15/2026 Q&A: 14:40 ASML Holding N.V. provides lithography solutions for the development, production, marketing, sales, upgrading, and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems. The company offers lithography, metrology, and inspection systems. It also provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography systems solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. In addition, the company offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology systems,…

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  • ASML Holding Q2 2026 Earnings Call |Massive High-NA EUV Systems Net Bookings Expand to Drive Backlog

    July 15, 2026 · 📺 i101

    ASML Holding Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Twitter - https://x.com/i101yt If you find our work useful, please support us by purchasing a Super Thanks— it truly helps us a lot. #earningscall #StockMarketNews #conferenceCall Earnings Call | Earnings Conference Call | Earnings concall | concall | quarterly results | Stock News | Full Year results | Fiscal Year results | investment news | stock latest news | Annual Meeting of Shareholders | Annual Meeting of Unitholders | Special and Annual Meeting of Shareholders | AGM | Annual General Meeting If you want us to remove your company's ear…

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  • LIVE NOW : ASML Holding Q2 2026 financial results Webcast

    July 15, 2026 · 📺 Wealth,Finance & Investment Center

    ... tax rate for Q2 was 17.5% for the full year 2026 We expected annualized effective tax rate is around 17% Net income in Q2 was ...

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  • Who Builds the Future? Ecosystems in the Age of AI - with Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML

    June 25, 2026 · 📺 Hello Tomorrow

    At the 2026 Hello Tomorrow Summit, we were joined by Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, and Ian Cutress, CEO & Chief Analyst at More Than Moore. As the company behind the EUV lithography systems used to manufacture the world's most advanced semiconductors, ASML sits at the heart of the global AI and computing ecosystem. In an increasingly fragmented global landscape, Christophe Fouquet explored how the biggest breakthroughs in AI depend on close collaboration across the entire value chain, how the best deep tech companies must continuously overcome challenges as they grow, and why startups mus…

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  • ASML CEO on AI Demand, Data Centers in Space and Musk's Terafab

    June 17, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Television

    ASML Holding NV CEO Christophe Fouquet says the demand for AI infrastructure is still "enormous" and discusses the potential for data centers in space. Speaking during an interview on Bloomberg Television, Fouquet also says the company has to make sure it doesn’t experience supply constraints when servicing new projects such as on Elon Musk’s Terafab. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business…

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  • LIVE : ASML Holding NV Q1 2026 financial results

    April 15, 2026 · 📺 Wealth,Finance & Investment Center

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  • Q4 2025 and full-year financial results: interview with Christophe Fouquet and Roger Dassen | ASML

    January 30, 2026 · 📺 ASML

    ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet and CFO Roger Dassen discuss our Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results and share their outlook for 2026. Learn more on our financial results page: https://www.asml.com/en/investors/fin... Dive into our nano world and follow us on social media: Facebook:   / asml   Instagram:   / lifeatasml   X:   / asmlcompany   LinkedIn:   / asml   Or visit our website: https://www.asml.com Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:22 Q4 2025 and full-year results: revenue, gross margin, net income and net bookings 2:06 ASML Q4 business update: strong quarter amid rising demand for AI 3:32 Q1 a…

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  • ASML: Chipmaking Machines at the Core of AI Boom | Bloomberg Tech: Europe 12/12/2025

    December 15, 2025 · 📺 Bloomberg Technology

    In this episode of "Bloomberg Tech: Europe," Tom Mackenzie takes a deep dive into ASML - the hidden powerhouse of the AI revolution. The Dutch company's extreme ultraviolet lithography machines underpin major artificial intelligence breakthroughs, from Nvidia's cutting-edge semiconductors to ChatGPT. Bloomberg travels to Veldhoven, the Netherlands, for an exclusive interview with ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet. He talks about the AI spending "arms race," why he doesn't think there is an AI bubble in the industry, and why China will not accept being cutoff from western AI and chip technology. "Bl…

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  • #ASML CEO: #China won't accept being cut off from #AI #chips

    December 14, 2025 · 📺 Bloomberg Television

    ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet tells Tom Mackenzie that China will not accept being cutoff from Western chips, saying technology progress in the country has "slowed down"    • ASML: Chipmaking Machines at the Core of A...  

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“I think China has been working on lithography for more than 30 years, more than 30 years. And the progress has been extremely small. And in the article you have seen two weeks ago, there's no fact. And what surprised me the most is how easy nowadays it is to write down anything without any fact and then you enter speculation. That's also why we typically don't comment on those article because there is no fact whatsoe”

“It's very expensive because you have to do things many times, right? So, if you look at the R&D we spend to develop a new machine. If you look at the R&D TSMC or Intel or Samsung spend to get the next generation of chips, could extend that to Nvidia for the product around AI. If you decouple, you have to do that twice. And this industry what we have seen is even for us some of our supplier are unique because the cost”

“Whatever happens at the application or model layer, whether it's OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, ASML wins. They're still going to have to require lithography machines to build the chips. And I think that's the core attraction that it's effectively an agnostic royalty on AI demand and more broadly compute demand.”

“EUV has been a very important machine for AI. I would say without EUV you don't have a 3 nanometer node, you don't have a 2 nanometer node and therefore you don't have AI.”

“One of the big difference between the US, China and Europe are those two things. Access to capital and government in the US and China is going to act as I would say an enabling body. So they will make sure that you know regulation are such that the industry can flourish. Europe is the only place where you know we believe that the role of government is to do the exact opposite and this is still a major challenge.”

“Well, if you look at, uh, you know, uh, worldwide, uh, the demand for, uh, I infrastructure is still enormous. And the demand for, uh, AGI age computers start to come up. So the demand is continuing to go up. I think a lot of us, uh, are convinced that we're going to be looking at a supply limited market for AI, for semiconductor for quite a few years, because the build up of the infrastructure is is huge.”

Other executives at Asml Holding

  • Roger Dassen, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Member of the Management Board

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