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Anton Frederik Philips (14 March 1874 – 7 October 1951) co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. His father and Gerard had founded the Philips Company in 1891 as a family business.
Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips (9 October 1858 – 26 January 1942) was a Dutch industrialist and co-founder, with his father Frederik Philips, of Philips as a family business in 1891. In 1912, Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips converted the business to a corporation by founding NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken.
Sep 14, 2014 · Enters Gerard’s younger brother Anton, who didn’t think much of Eindhoven (‘a group of houses in a desolate and misty place’) but decided to team up with his brother anyway. No two men could have been more different. Gerard, whose moustache covered half his face, was not a man of many words.
As mass industrialization gathered pace, Gerard and his brother Anton invested in providing housing, healthcare and sports, instilling a culture of social responsibility that continues to this day. 1910s. Growth and success through innovation.
Gerard Philips retired in 1922 and was succeeded as company chairman by Anton, who was 48 years old. Under Anton's management, the company began to manufacture complete radio sets; it displayed its first model at the Utrecht Trade Fair in September 1927.
In early January 1895, 20-year-old Anton Philips came to Eindhoven at the request of his father Frederik to help his brother Gerard, who was 16 years older, in the family business with the commercial activities.
Jan 1, 2019 · Anton Philips, Gerard's youngest brother and a true entrepreneur with commercial experience at stock broking firms in Amsterdam.
