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.
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Koninklijke Philips N.V. |
 Headquarters in Amsterdam, 2009 |
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- Firma Philips & Co (1891–1912)
- N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken (1912–1994)
- Philips Electronics N.V. (1994–1998)
- Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (1998–2013)
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| Company type | Public (N.V.) |
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- Euronext Amsterdam: PHIA
- AEX component
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| Industry | Conglomerate |
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| Founded | 15 May 1891; 134 years ago (1891-05-15)
Eindhoven, Netherlands |
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| Founders | Gerard and Anton Philips |
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| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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Key people | - Jeroen van der Veer (Chairman)
- Frans van Houten (CEO)
- Abhijit Bhattacharya (CFO)
- Hugo Barbosa Vazquez (vice president)
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| Products | - Medical equipment
- Home appliances
- Intellectual property management and licensing (for divested businesses of Philips, such as audiovisual equipment and lighting)
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| Revenue | €19.535 billion (2020)[1] |
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| €1.542 billion (2020)[1] |
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| €1.195 billion (2020)[1] |
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| Total assets | €27.713 billion (2020)[1] |
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| Total equity | €11.901 billion (2020)[1] |
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Number of employees | 81,592 (2020)[1] |
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| Website | philips.com |
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