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Philips was founded in 1891 and Karl Marx died in 1883, so how does that work? Explain that to me. This should pop out to you and tell you to check again. His relationship was not an "uncle" either. Frederik Philips was the son of Karl Marx's wife's sister. So a distant nephew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Philips
Do some people just have an opinion in mind and then look for any tiny evidence to support that? There's no comparison between being born into the wealth of three old money families and knowing one dude who loaned you a few bucks. Why do people upvote these random unsourced incorrect comments?
Ah, right Lion Philips was the founder's gramps. Still wealthy though.
I really hope you see the irony in that statement. Marx may not have been rich but a lawyer's son at that time wasn't exactly proletariat either.
... He was literally working class. The literal definition of the proletariat. He was exactly proletariat. Earning more or less money is not the distinguishing characteristic.