Anton Frederik Philips (14 March 1874 – 7 October 1951) co-founded Royal
Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother
Gerard Philips in
Eindhoven, the
Netherlands. His father and Gerard had founded the Philips Company in 1891 as a family business. Anton Philips served as CEO of the company from 1922 to 1939.