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Philips aims to provide a range of reliable and effective electronic products and solutions for the healthcare sector, the consumer market and commercial entities. The Company has introduced a slightly new structure for that reflects its increased focus on healthcare. Philips was founded in by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. The Company began its operations with the production of carbon-filament lamps and other technical electronic products.

Gerard Philips

Dutch industrialist (–)

Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips (9 October – 26 January ) was a Dutch industrialist and co-founder, with his father Frederik Philips, of Philips as a family business in In , Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips converted the business to a company by founding NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken.

Career and family

See also: Philips (family)

Born to a Dutch family of Jewish heritage, his father Benjamin Frederik David Philips was a first cousin to Karl Marx (Gerard's paternal grandmother Sophie Pressburg was a sister of Henriette Pressburg, the mother of Karl Marx).[1] His mother was Maria Heyligers.

His grandfather was tobacco merchant Lion Philips.

Gerard Philips became interested in electronics and engineering.

gerard philips business groups1: In the winter of , the young engineer and entrepreneur Gerard Philips could no longer deny the fact that he was worried. A limited years back, he had – aided by his father Frederik – founded a company producing light bulbs.

His father Frederik financed Gerard's purchase of the old factory building in Eindhoven where he established the first factory in With his brother he came up with a plan: cost effective, reliable incandescent light bulbs.[2] They initially operated the Philips Company as a family business, with Gerard's younger brother Anton and Anton's son Frits Philips and son-in-law Frans Otten later brought into the business.[3]

On 19 March , Philips married Johanna van der Willigen (30 September &#; ).

They had no children.

Civic activities

Gerard and his brother Anton supported education and social initiatives in Eindhoven, including the Philips Sport Vereniging (Philips Sports Association), which they founded. From it the professional football department developed into the independent Philips Sport Vereniging N.V.

References

  1. ^Francis Wheen, Karl Marx: A Life, page , (Fourth Estate, ), ISBN&#;
  2. ^"Our history".

    A temporary exhibition that offers a glimpse into the thoughts and conduct of the founder of Philips as well as his handwritten notebook from With an eye for technology, entrepreneurship and his fellow man, Gerard was an exceptional man who, more than years ago, laid the foundation for the innovative company that grew into a global worry. To this day, Gerard is an inspiration to future generations. Who was Gerard?

    Philips. Retrieved 22 January

  3. ^Koopmans, Joop W, and A H. Huussen. Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, p

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