Philips

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Philips

COMPANY

Royal Philips Electronics, founded 1891 by Gerard Philips. Acquired VLSI Technology in 1999.

Official Website:
http://www.philips.com/

Ticker:
NYSE:PHG

Corporate headquarters:
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sales:
$38B (2005)

Employees:
160,000

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Scott A. McGregor Business c. 1957 CEO of Broadcom

Lars Nyberg Business 1951 CEO of NCR, 1995-2003

Edward A. Volkwein Business c. 1941 Hydro-Photon, Inc.

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

James J. Schiro Business 2-Jan-1946 CEO of Zurich Financial Services, 2002-09

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Cees J. A. van Lede Business c. 1943 CEO of Azko Nobel, 1994-2003

Tom Perkins Business 1932 Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Karel Van Miert Politician 17-Jan-1942 22-Jun-2009 EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Amar Bose Inventor 2-Nov-1929 Inventor of Bose speakers

Gustav Hertz Physicist 22-Jul-1887 30-Oct-1975 Franck-Hertz experiment

Simon van der Meer Physicist 24-Nov-1925 4-Mar-2011 Co-Discovered W and Z particles

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