The complete story of Gerard Philips, the man who founded Philips in 1891 with just 10 employees and nearly went bankrupt before its second anniversary. Discover how a candle maker saved the world's largest light bulb company, how the Philips family financed Karl Marx, how his brother escaped the Nazis in an armored car alongside the Dutch royal family, and how his nephew saved 382 lives from inside a concentration camp. From the light bulb to the CD, from the cassette tape to the X-ray, from PSV Eindhoven to the CPAP multimillion-dollar scandal. A 135-year journey told from beginning to end.
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The complete story of Gerard Philips, the man who founded Philips in 1891 with just 10 employees and nearly went bankrupt before its second anniversary. Discover how a candle maker saved the world's largest light bulb company, how the Philips family financed Karl Marx, how his brother escaped the Nazis in an armored car alongside the Dutch royal family, and how his nephew saved 382 lives from inside a concentration camp. From the light bulb to the CD, from the cassette tape to the X-ray, from PSV Eindhoven to the CPAP multimillion-dollar scandal. A 135-year journey told from beginning to end.
#Philips #GerardPhilips #HistoryOfPhilips #PSVEindhoven #Documentary