Pieter Franciscus Sylvester "Frans" Otten (31 December 1895 in Berlin – 4 January 1969 in

Valkenswaard Valkenswaard () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of in and spans an area of of which is water. The name Valkenswaard ...

) was a Dutch business executive, who served as the CEO of the international electronics firm Philips from 1939 to 1961. He was the son-in-law of the co-founder of the company,

Anton Philips Anton Frederik Philips (14 March 1874 – 7 October 1951) co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. His father and Gerard had founded the Philips Company in 1891 as a f ...

. 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 Amsterdam 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