Gerard Philips ‘s photografic portrait
Gerard Leonardo Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder (with his father Frederik Philips) of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891.Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by foundingin 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. As the first CEO of the Philips corporation, Gerardl aid with Anton the base for the later Philips multinational.
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