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Frans van Houten
François Adrianus "Frans" van Houten (born 26 April 1960) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Dutch company Royal Philips Electronics (known universally as Philips), taking over the position on 1 April 2011. He succeeded Gerard Kleisterlee.
Biography.
The son of a member of the board of directors of Philips, Frans van Houten studied Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and started his career at Philips in 1986 in marketing and sales at Philips Data Systems. He held several positions in the
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