[1] His son Benjamin Philips (1767 – Zaltbommel) built a fortune selling tobacco.

Lion's daughter, Antoinette "Nannette" (or Netchen) Leonore Jeannette Roodhuijzen was the addressee of many of her cousin Karl Marx's letters and later, a member of the Dutch section of the International.

After a few years Gerard was joined by his younger brother Anton Philips who revolutionised the fortunes of the company.

After the outbreak of war in 1940, Anton fled to England in a company armoured payroll van along with Princess Juliana and several other members of the Dutch royal family.

Anton's only son Frits Philips remained in the Netherlands during the German occupation in order to protect its employees – some of whom were Jewish – and also prevent the company from being used to manufacture arms for the Nazis.