Age, Biography and Wiki
Pieter Heerema was born on 6 June, 1951 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, is a French skipper and navigator. Discover Pieter Heerema's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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72 years old |
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Gemini |
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6 June 1951 |
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6 June |
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Maracaibo, Venezuela |
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Venezuela
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Pieter Heerema Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Pieter Heerema Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Pieter Heerema worth at the age of 72 years old? Pieter Heerema’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Venezuela. We have estimated Pieter Heerema's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Pieter Heerema was born on 6 June 1951 in Maracaibo (Venezuela), he is of Dutch nationality and an industrialist and amateur sailor who participates in the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe.
Since 1989, he has been president of the Family Group Heerema which manufactures, among other things, drilling rigs.
He started his life in Venezuela but at the age of eleven, he came to live in the Netherlands and begins to sail on a Flits a small Dutch double dinghy popular with the youth then moving onto the 470 and keelboats Yngling, J/22 and J/24.
He started sailing larger boats campaigning at a higher International level in both the Dragon and his RC44 on the boat named "No Way Back".
So in September 2015 he got the brand new foiling generation IMOCA 60 designed by Verdier / VPLP design built in Bergamo Italy at the Persico Marine was launched in Lorient on 17 August 2015.
He participated in the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe with limited offshore racing and solo experience he was very much coming from the adventurer side.
He said he wanted to completing the round-the-world trip in "an acceptable race time" in a racing situation.
He initially was looked at chartering or used boats in good condition.
But he end up buying his boat "No Way Back" that was being commissioned under the name "Vento di Sardegna" for 🇮🇹 Andrea Mura (ITA) whose main sponsor was the region of Sardinia who no longer could support the project due to the economic crisis.
He took on lots of advice from consultant includeding Michel Desjoyeaux and built up his experience qualified for the Vendée Globe by participating in April 2016 at the Calero Solo Transat between Lanzarote and Newport.
He went on to be one of the oldest competitors to complete the race finishing 17th.
In 2019 he finished 2nd in Dragon Gold Cup on his boat called Troika.
And in 2021 he finished 1st in Dragon Gold Cup in Marstrand on his boat NED-412 Troika.
In 2023 one of his companies "Heavy Transport Holding Denmark ApS" was convicted in Denmark for tax evasion.
The company was ordered to pay 449 million Danish kroner (approx. 60 millions Euros) to the Danish tax authorities.
Three days after this conviction Pieter Heerema decided to default the company in order to evade the repayment of his open-standing taxes.
