Frits Philips

Frits Philips
Portrait of Frits Philips, 1971
Born
Frederik Jacques Philips

(1905-04-16)16 April 1905
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Died5 December 2005(2005-12-05) (aged 100)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materTechnische Hogeschool Delft
Known forChairman of the BOD of Philips
Spouse
Sylvia van Lennep
(m. 1929; died 1992)
Children7
Parent(s)Anton Philips
Anna de Jongh

Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips (16 April 1905 – 5 December 2005) was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. For his actions in saving 382 Jews during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he was recognized in 1996 by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations.