
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics Inc.), most commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics corporation.
Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world. The company employs 119,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Philips is organized in a number of sectors: Philips Consumer Lifestyle (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), Philips Lighting and Philips Healthcare (formerly Philips Medical Systems).
The company was founded in 1891 by Anton and Gerard Philips, a maternal cousin of Karl Marx, in Eindhoven, Netherlands.