Pieter Franciscus Sylvester "Frans" Otten (31 December 1895 in

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– 4 January 1969 in

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) was a Dutch business executive, who served as the CEO of the international electronics firm

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

from 1939 to 1961. He was the son-in-law of the co-founder of the company, Anton Philips. He was married to Anna Elisabeth Cornelia Philips (1899-1996) and they had two sons, Diek and Franz. His brother-in-law was

Frits Philips 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 Naz ...

. The in

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is named for him.Frans Otten Stadium website.
Accessed 30 June 2019.

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* * 1895 births 1969 deaths Chairmen of Philips Dutch chief executives in the manufacturing industry Dutch chief executives in the technology industry Dutch football chairmen and investors Delft University of Technology alumni People from Berlin {{Netherlands-business-bio-stub