Anton Frederik Philips (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. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics N.V.), usually known as Philips, (Euronext: PHIA , NYSE: PHG) is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. ... Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips (Zaltbommel October 9, 1858 - Den Haag January 25, 1942) was a Dutch industrialist and founder and first CEO of the NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken. ... Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender brooks. ...
He died in Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 1951.
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Philips introduced the compact audio cassette tape, which was wildly successful, though its attempt to set a standard for video cassette recorders, the V2000, was unsuccessful in the face of competition from the Betamax and especially VHS standards.
It is also believed that Philips - both before and during the war - supplied enormous amounts of electric equipment to the German occupation forces, which has led some people to think that the company collaborated with the Nazis, like many other firms in their day.
In 1958 Philips is first to develop and install a comprehensive TV imaging chain, a breakthrough in improving x-ray procedures.
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