Risto Siilasmaa
Risto Kalevi Siilasmaa (born 1966 in Finland) is the Chairman, founder and former CEO of F-Secure Corporation (formerly Data Fellows), an anti-virus and computer security software company based in Helsinki, Finland.[1] He is also the biggest shareholder of F-Secure, owning around 40% of the company. He is also the Chairman of Nokia's Board of Directors from 2012 onwards, and interim CEO of Nokia from 3 September 2013 onwards. [2][3]
More recently Siilasmaa has become known as a business angel, investing in several technology startups and serving in their boards of directors.[4][5] In his investing, he has stated that he is sometimes "motivated by soft values, not maximum returns."[6]
Siilasmaa is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Elisa Oyj, Ekahau Inc., and Fruugo Inc. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Finpro ry and member of the Board of Directors of Blyk Ltd, Nexit Ventures Oy and Valimo Wireless Oy.[1][5]
Education
Siilasmaa has a Master of Science degree from Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Risto Siilasmaa Bio at Nokia". Nokia Corporation. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ↑ Meet the board Nokia Corporation. Retr. 27th Nov 2012
- ↑ "Nokia to sell Devices & Services business to Microsoft in EUR 5.44 billion all-cash transaction". Nokia. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ↑ "F-Securen Siilasmaa ryhtyi bisnesenkeliksi" (in Finnish). Digitoday. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "LinkedIn: Risto Siilasmaa". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ↑ Cord, David J. (2012). Mohamed 2.0. Helsingfors: Schildts & Söderströms. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-951-52-2898-7.
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