his father who taught him sailing and racing at a very young age. Pieper's father bought a small yacht called Favonius in 1974 and as a remembrance Pieper always tried to use that name as part of his memories of his father. In 2013 Pieper has assisted in creating the K3 Foundation in Portland, Oregon, USA. The target of the foundation is to restore and maintain the globally well known sailing yacht Kialoa III. The yacht has successfully returned to the racing scene in 2015. In the years after 2014, Pieper has been active in Ukraine in a number of investment projects. One of the projects is related to establishing the bio ethanol market based on the huge supply of corn in the Ukraine. In addition, several high tech agricultural projects have been started to determine if a cooperation between the Netherlands and Ukraine could be established successfully. One of the projects Agri Cooperative Europe has been created in 2017. Pieper had three sons in his first marriage, three sons in his second marriage and currently lives with his third family in Kyiv, Ukraine. His 7th son Roland Pieper Jr, was born in August 2017, in Kyiv. Notes References External links Bio from University of Twente Onbescheiden durfkapitalist, article from De Groene Amsterdammer 1956 births Living people Dutch businesspeople People from Vlaardingen Delft University of Technology alumni Academic staff of the University of Twente