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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