Anton Philips
(photo by Franz Ziegler)
Born	Anton Frederik Philips (1874-03-14)14 March 1874 Zaltbommel,Gelderland, Netherlands
Died	7 October 1951(1951-10-07) (aged 77) Eindhoven,North Brabant, Netherlands
Known for	Founding Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
Spouse	Anne Henriëtte Elisabeth Maria de Jongh
Children	3 (includingFrits Philips)
Parent(s)	Frederik Philips (1830–1900) Maria Heyligers (1836–1921)
Relatives	Gerard Philips (1858–1942) (brother) Lion Philips (grandfather) Karl Marx (uncle)

Anton Frederik Philips (14 March 1874^[1] – 7 October 1951) was a Dutch businessman. He is one of the co-founders of the RoyalPhilips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brotherGerard Philips inEindhoven, Netherlands. His father and Gerard had founded the Philips Company in 1891 as a family business while Anton served aschief executive officer from 1922 to 1939.

Born to a Dutch family, Anton was the second son to Maria Heyligers (1836 – 1921) and Benjamin Frederik David Philips (1 December 1830 – 12 June 1900). His father was active in the tobacco business and a banker atZaltbommel in the Netherlands (he was also a first cousin toKarl Marx). Anton had an elder brother, Gerard Philips.

In May 1891 the father Frederik was the financier and, with his sonGerard Philips, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business. In 1912 Anton joined the firm, which they renamed Philips Gloeilampenfabriek N.V. ("Philips Lightbulb Factory")

DuringWorld War I, Anton Philips managed to increasesales by taking advantage of aboycott of German goods in several countries. He provided the markets with alternative products.

Anton (and his brother Gerard) are remembered as being civic-minded. In Eindhoven they supported education and social programmes and facilities, such as thefootball department of the Philips Sports Association, which is the best known. From it the professional football department developed into the independentPhilips Sport Vereniging N.V. (PSV Eindhoven).

Anton Philips brought his sonFrits Philips and son-in-lawFrans Otten into the company in their times. Anton, Otten and other family members escaped the Netherlands just before theNazi Occupation duringWorld War II. They went to the United States and returned after the war.

Frits Philips chose to stay and manage the company during the occupation. He was imprisoned for several months at the concentration camp ofVught after his workers went on strike, and he survived. He saved the lives of 382 Jews by claiming them as indispensable to his factory, and enabled them to evade Nazi roundups and deportation to concentration camps. He was honoured with the titleRighteous Among the Nations by theState of Israel in 1996.^[2]

Anton Philips died in Eindhoven in 1951. He was awardedOrder of Saint Sava and other decorations.^[3]

There is a museum dedicated to his life in Eindhoven. It recreates the initial factory and the company's journey.

Philips married Anne Henriëtte Elisabeth Maria de Jongh (Amersfoort, 30 May 1878 –Eindhoven, 7 March 1970). They had the following children:

• Anna Elisabeth Cornelia Philips (19 June 1899 – 4 April 1996), married in 1925 toPieter Franciscus Sylvester Otten (1895 – 1969), and had Diek and Franz Otten (b. c. 1928 – d. 1967); Franz became a manager in his grandfather's companyPhilips.
• Frederik Jacques Philips (1905–2005)
• Henriëtte Anna Philips (Eindhoven, 26 October 1906 – 2007), married firstly to A. Knappert (d. 1932), without issue. Married secondly to Jonkheer G. Sandberg (d. 5 September 1935), without issue. Married thirdly inNew York City,New York, on 29 September 1938 toJonkheer Hendrik Abraham Cornelis (Henk) van Riemsdijk [nl] (Aerdenhout, 10 January 1911 –Eindhoven, 8 November 2005). They had the following children:
  • Jonkvrouw Anne Henriëtte van Riemsdijk (b.Waalre, 2 October 1939), married atWaalre on 17 February 1968 to Johannes Jasper Tuijt (b.Atjeh,Koeta Radja, 10 March 1930), son of Jacobus Tuijt and wife Hedwig Jager, without issue
  • Jonkvrouw Henriëtte Adriënne Leopoldine van Riemsdijk (b.Waalre, 3 April 1946), married firstly atCalvados,Falaise, on 6 June 1974 to Martinus Jan Petrus Vermooten (Utrecht, 16 September 1939 –Falaise, 29 August 1978), without issue. Married secondly inParis on 12 December 1981 to Jean Yves Louis Bedos (Calvados,Rémy, 9 January 1947 –Calvados,Lisieux, 5 October 1982), without issue. Married thirdly atManche,Sartilly, on 21 September 1985 to Arnaud Evain (b.Ardennes,Sedan, 7 July 1952).
  • Jonkvrouw Margarete Juliana Cornélie van Riemsdijk (b.Waalre, 4 September 1948), married atWaalre, 28 October 1972 to Elie Johan François van Dissel (b.Eindhoven, 9 October 1948), without issue.

• Anton Philips (1874-1951)(in Dutch)

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