Benjamin Frederik David Philips (Zaltbommel, 1 December 1830 – 12 June 1900) was a Dutch-Jewish industrialist and banker who, together with his son Gerard Philips, stood at the cradle of what would eventually be called Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.[1] He was also the cousin of Karl Marx on his mother's side.
His family then made a living from the tobacco trade and would later convert from Judaism to Calvinism.
[1] Frederik married Maria Elizabeth Heijligers, a Dutch woman born in Batavia, today Jakarta, then a Dutch colony.
They had two daughters and seven sons, including Gerard and Anton Philips.
[1] Frederik Philips died in 1900 in his native Zaltbommel at the age of 69.