What is Floris Maljers?
[[File:Opdracht Financieel Dagblad , persconferentie Unilever, de heer Maljers (m), Bestanddeelnr 933-9098 (cropped).jpg |thumb|Maljers in 1987]] '''Floris Anton Maljers''' (12 August 1933 — 2 December 2022) was a Dutch business executive. He was CEO of the [[Unilever]] food group (1984-1994) and was chairperson at [[KLM]], [[Philips]] and {{ill| Vendex International|nl}}. As a mentor, he guided [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]] during his introduction to the business world. ==Biography== Maljers was born in [[Middelburg]] in 1933 into a grocer's family. He studied economics at the [[University of Amsterdam]]. After graduating he started as an intern at a parent company of Unilever, where he quickly made his career. Via a Colombian fat factory, a Turkish jasmine plantation and a margarine factory in Rotterdam, he became in 1984 CEO of the Unilever. He earned a Royal title from British Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. In 1994 he was succeeded as CEO by [[Morris Tabaksblad]]. As he remained active in business world, and so became a mentor for [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]]. From 1994 to 1999 he was the chairman at [[Philips]]. He also worked several times for Dutch ministries as a troubleshooter to solve economic issues like at the request of minister [[Hans Wijers]] being involved in the government support for the bankrupt [[Fokker]] and he was commission chairman for the flooding of the [[Hedwigepolder]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pzc.nl/zeeuws-nieuws/oud-unilevertopman-floris-maljers-89-overleden-een-zeeuw-die-wars-van-poespas-was~a7add01d/ |title= Oud-Unilevertopman Floris Maljers (89) overleden: een Zeeuw die wars van poespas was |date=4 December 2022|work=[[PZC]]|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://nos.nl/artikel/2455129-oud-unilevertopman-maljers-89-overleden |title= Oud-Unilevertopman Maljers (89) overleden |date=4 December 2022|work=[[NOS]]|language=nl}}</ref> He received the gold {{ill|Eremedaille voor Voortvarendheid en Vernuft|nl}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.