Anton Philips

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Anton Frederik Philips (March 14, 1874 – October 7, 1951) co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1891 with his brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He served as CEO of the company from 1922 to 1939.

During World War I, he managed to increase his sales by taking advantage of a boycott of German goods in several countries, providing them with substitute products.

He died in Eindhoven in 1951.

He was a cousin of Karl Marx.


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