The Number of Recently Formed Mainland European Companies/Firms that Have Achieved the Dizzying Heights of Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Genentech, Amgen, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Etc.

One, a Norwegian oil company by the name of Statoil and the only reason for that is the fact that the North Sea is loaded to the brim with offshore oil. Pure luck, in other words....The moral of the story? I'm gonna go with, freer markets, lesser regulations, and a higher reward for innovation and risk-taking, thank you very much.