Theodore Yip () was an Indonesian-Dutch businessman and a former Formula One team owner in the 1970s. Early life and business career Yip spoke many languages including six Chinese variants (most notably Hakka being his native tongue, Mandarin and Cantonese due to his residence in Hong Kong and Macau), Dutch (through his life experience during the Dutch colonial rule and the owning of his Dutch citizenship), English, French, German, Malay (Indonesian) (since 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. Family 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. References Sources Profile at www.grandprix.com 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