Kari Kairamo
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Kari Kairamo (businessman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 31 December 1932 Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 December 1988 (Age 55) Espoo, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Finnish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | European Round Table of Industrialists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Victim of | premature death | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Finnish businessman who reportedly hung himself, something his company, Nokia initially lied about.
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Kari Kairamo was a Finnish businessman who died aged 55, reportedly by his own hand.
Death
Kari Kairamo reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his home on 11 December 1988 due to bipolar disorder.
Nokia initially[When?] issued a statement that he had died of a sudden illness. However Nokia later issued a brief statement insisting that his "death was unconnected with Nokia's business". He was later determined to have committed suicide.[1][2] The International Business Times reported in 2011 that he shot himself.[3]
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