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Gerard Philips

1858 - 1942

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Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips (9 October 1858 – 26 January 1942) was a Dutch industrialist and co-founder, with his father Frederik Philips, of Philips as a family business in 1891. In 1912, Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips converted the business to a corporation by founding NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard Philips is the 405th most popular businessperson (down from 307th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 449th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Gerard Philips ranks 405 out of 847. Before him are Peter Lynch, Edwin Drake, Roy E. Disney, John Cockerill, Elisabeth Abegg, and Mikhail Prokhorov. After him are Christophe de Margerie, Allen Klein, Alan Lomax, Robert Monroe, Nino Cerruti, and John Elkann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Gerard Philips ranks 93. Before him are Carl Swartz, Wilhelm Fliess, E. Nesbit, John L. Sullivan, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Eduard von Toll. After him are Mikimoto Kōkichi, Helen Churchill Candee, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Oskar Minkowski, Edmond Aman-Jean, and Ferdinand Albin Pax. Among people deceased in 1942, Gerard Philips ranks 143. Before him are Jack Greenwell, Vladislav Vančura, Emil von Sauer, Joseph Larmor, Juhan Kukk, and Xiao Hong. After him are Natalya Kovshova, Fritz Platten, Charlie Christian, Vladimir Petlyakov, Kiyoura Keigo, and Elmer Niklander.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard Philips ranks 552 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan van Bijlert (1597), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Walter Lewin (1936), Ard Schenk (1944), Wim Rijsbergen (1952), and Jan Wouters (1960). After him are Michael Reiziger (1973), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890), Jan de Bray (1627), Björn Kuipers (1973), and Henk ten Cate (1954).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Gerard Philips ranks 4. Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Colonel Tom Parker (1909), and Frits Philips (1905). After him are Ton Roosendaal (1960).

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