Oscar Philipp

Oscar Israel Philipp (1882–1965) was a German-born metal trader who co-founded Philipp Brothers.

Biography Oscar Philipp was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Wandsbek, Germany. He was a cousin to Martha Bernays, the wife of Sigmund Freud. In 1901, his brother, Julius Philipp, founded a small metal trading company in Hamburg, where Oscar worked.

In 1909, Oscar Philipp moved to London and established a metal trading company under the name of "Philipp Brothers". Julius continued to run the German operation out of Hamburg.

Philanthropy Philipp, a Hebrew scholar, was active in Jewish and Zionist causes. He served as a chairman of the Bachad fellowship, on the executive committee and council of British ORT, as a joint treasurer of Jews' College, as the treasurer of the London Board of Jewish Religious Education, and the founder of the Hebrew Publishing House. He died in Geneva, Switzerland.