Teddy Yip (businessman)
Theodore Yip | |
|---|---|
| 葉德利 | |
| Born | Jap Tek Lie 2 June 1907 |
| Died | 11 July 2003 (aged 96) |
| Other names | Teddy Yip |
Theodore Yip (Chinese: 葉德利; pinyin: Yè Délì; Jyutping: jip6 dak1 lei6) was an Indonesian-Dutch businessman and a former Formula One team owner of Theodore Racing in the 1970s. He was a polyglot.
Early life and business career[edit]
Yip spoke many languages including six Chinese variants (most notably Hakka, it being his native tongue, and Mandarin and Cantonese due to his residence in Hong Kong and Macau), Dutch (through his life experience during Dutch colonial rule and his Dutch citizenship), English, French, German, Malay (inasmuch as he was born and spent his childhood in Indonesia prior his move to the Netherlands for his studies), and Thai (which helped him expand his businesses into property and finance).[1]
Family[edit]
In January 2019, Yip's adopted son, Willy, died in a Hong Kong hospital from injuries he had received in a school bus crash in the previous month.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Glick, Shav (18 July 2003). "Yep, the Man Named Yip Was Unforgettable". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Teddy Yip's oldest son dies of injuries from HK school bus crash". Macau Post Daily. 2019-01-16.
Sources[edit]
- 1907 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century Dutch businesspeople
- Businesspeople in financial services sector
- Businesspeople in real estate
- Dutch chief executives
- Dutch motorsport people
- Dutch people of Chinese descent
- Formula One team owners
- Formula One team principals
- Indonesian chief executives
- Indonesian emigrants to the Netherlands
- Indonesian people of Chinese descent
- People from Medan
- People from Meixian District