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Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Frans Adrianus
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He held several positions in the company, becoming co-head of the consumer electronics division in 2002. In November 2004, he became Chief Executive Officer of Philips Semiconductors, where he led the spin-off of the division, resulting in the formation of Next Experience Semiconductors on October 1, 2006. Van Houten left his position as Chief Executive Officer, Next Experience on December 31, 2008.
On July 8, 2010 he was nominated to succeed Gerard Kleisterlee as Chief Executive Officer of Philips.
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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.
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