He started his career in the company he founded together with his mother in 1889, which produced photographic paper according to traditional methods. In 1894, he founded the company Gevaert & Co, which in 1920, was transformed to N.V Gevaert Photo-producten, merged in 1964 with Agfa AG to become Gevaert-Agfa NV and later Agfa-Gevaert NV.
He started working for the company he co-founded with his mother in 1889, which produced photographic paper using traditional methods. In 1894, he founded another company, Gevaert & Co, which was later transformed into N.V Gevaert Photo-producten and eventually merged with Agfa AG to become Agfa-Gevaert NV.