Anton Philips

Anton Frederik Philips (March 14, 1874 - October 7, 1951 ) was a Dutch business leader .

As a leading partner in Philips , he developed it into today's global company. He was voted one of the greatest Dutch by the Dutch .

Life

Anton Philips first attended the high school in Zaltbommel , then the commercial school in Amsterdam (not completed) before he worked as a trainee at financial companies in Amsterdam and London from 1892 to 1894 . In 1895 he joined the light bulb factory Philips & Co. (from 1912: NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken ), which his father Frederik and his brother Gerard had founded in Eindhoven in 1891 . Due to his extraordinary commercial skills, he was able to develop the small medium-sized company into a global corporation from 1922 as director . He received in 1928 in Rotterdam the honorary doctorate in commercial science.

Even as commercial director, he showed his skills by enormously increasing exports because he was able to replace many popular German products, which were boycotted by many countries in World War I , with Philips products. In addition to his commercial activity, he was also involved as a founder of scientific and social institutions and projects, such as the Eindhoven observatory or the construction of apartments.

Anton Philips passed the position of CEO in 1939 to the brother-in-law of his son Frits , Frans Otten , who had been commercial director at Philips since 1931, and was henceforth acting president. A little later, during the Second World War , he and Otten fled to the USA via England , while his son Frits ran the business in Eindhoven.

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SURNAME	Philips, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Philips, Anton Frederik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch manager
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1874
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1951