Summary : Arthur del Prado can lay claim to being the first to recognize the benefits of foreign investments and decentralized management
Arthur del Prado
died on
September 9, 2016
Arthur del Prado (1993) can lay claim to being the first to recognize the benefits of foreign investments and decentralized management
- This innovation made him the first European business leader to build a significant-sized equipment company from a European base
- He built development bases in America, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore
- His vision made ASM Pacific possible
- Played a critical role in the founding of ASML
- An audacious visionary
- Art had that rare ability to see a future that spanned technology, markets, people, and business models
- The father of Europe’s semiconductor equipment industry
