# Why Britain Can't Build a Trillion Dollar Giant

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Podcast: [Noise Cancelling with Neil Woodford](https://stenobird.com/podcast/noise-cancelling-with-neil-woodford-7475728)
Published: 2026-05-29T15:07:32+00:00
Episode link: https://w4pz.podbean.com/e/why-britain-cant-build-a-trillion-dollar-giant/
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## Resource

This week, a single American memory chip company became worth more than AstraZeneca, HSBC and Shell combined. So why has Britain never built one of its own?

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