Gerard Philips
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1858 – 1942
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Who was Gerard Philips?
Gerard Leonardo Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by founding in 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. As the first CEO of the Philips corporation, Gerard laid with Anton the base for the later Philips multinational.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1858
Zaltbommel - Also known as
- Gerard Leonardo Frederik Philips
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Education
- Delft University of Technology
- Lived in
- Gelderland
- Died
- Jan 25, 1942
The Hague
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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