Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V.
	Headquarters in Amsterdam, 2009
Formerly	Firma Philips & Co (1891–1912); N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken (1912–1994); Philips Electronics N.V. (1994–1998); Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (1998–2013);
Type	Public (N.V.)
Traded as	Template:EuronextAmsterdam; AEX component;
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	15 May 1891; 133 years ago; Eindhoven, Netherlands
Founders	Gerard and Anton Philips
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jeroen van der Veer (Chairman); Frans van Houten (CEO); Abhijit Bhattacharya (CFO); Hugo Barbosa Vazquez (vice president);
Products	Medical equipment; Home appliances; Intellectual property management and licensing (for divested businesses of Philips, such as audiovisual equipment and lighting);
Revenue	€19.535 billion (2020)
Operating income	€1.542 billion (2020)
Net income	€1.195 billion (2020)
Total assets	€27.713 billion (2020)
Total equity	€11.901 billion (2020)
Number of employees	81,592 (2020)
Website	philips.com

Philips is a Dutch electronics company. It was founded by Gerard and Frederik Philips in 1891. It employs about 120,000 people in 60 countries.

Philips Media

Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder
The very first Philips factory in Eindhoven, now a public museum
Share of the Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, issued 14 December 1928
Philips 'Chapel' radio model 930A, 1931
The Philips Light Tower in Eindhoven, originally a light bulb factory and later the company headquarters
The Evoluon in Eindhoven, opened in 1966
An early portable Compact Cassette recorder by Philips (model D6350)
Philips CD-100, the second ever commercially released CD player (after partner Sony's CDP-101)
Kees Schouhamer Immink (with his Emmy award), Philips' greatest inventor in consumer electronics in the late 20th century, invented the coding technologies for CD, DVD, Blu-ray, and DCC.
Philips Brand “sense and simplicity”

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Headquarters in Amsterdam, 2009
Formerly	Firma Philips & Co (1891–1912) N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken (1912–1994) Philips Electronics N.V. (1994–1998) Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (1998–2013)
Type	Public (N.V.)
Traded as	Template:EuronextAmsterdam AEX component
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	15 May 1891; 133 years ago (1891-05-15) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Founders	Gerard and Anton Philips
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jeroen van der Veer (Chairman) Frans van Houten (CEO) Abhijit Bhattacharya (CFO) Hugo Barbosa Vazquez (vice president)
Products	Medical equipment Home appliances Intellectual property management and licensing (for divested businesses of Philips, such as audiovisual equipment and lighting)
Revenue	€19.535 billion (2020)^[1]
Operating income	€1.542 billion (2020)^[1]
Net income	€1.195 billion (2020)^[1]
Total assets	€27.713 billion (2020)^[1]
Total equity	€11.901 billion (2020)^[1]
Number of employees	81,592 (2020)^[1]
Website	philips.com