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Antti Herlin

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Person.png Antti Herlin   GeniRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
billionaire,  businessman)
Antti Herlin.jpg
Born1956-11-14
 Kirkkonummi,  Finland
Nationality Finnish
Alma mater •  National Technical University of Athens
•  Iowa State University
Parents Pekka Herlin
Children Jussi Herlin
Member ofHerlin family
Multi-billionaire Finnish businessman and media owner.

Employment.png Chairman

In office
2006 - Present
EmployerKone
The richest man in Finland

Employment.png Kone/CEO

In office
1996 - 2006
Corporation owned by his family

Antti Juhani Herlin is a multi-billionaire[1] businessman of the Herlin family who attended the 2018 Bilderberg.

Background

Herlin was born into the Herlin family, one of Finland's wealthiest families, which has owned KONE since 1924. Antti Herlin's father Pekka Herlin, grandfather Heikki H. Herlin and great-grandfather Harald Herlin have been owners and managers of the company.

Education

Antti Herlin graduated from the Finnish Yhteiskoulu (SYK) in Helsinki in 1976.[2] Herlin studied agriculture at Iowa State University in the United States.

Career

Antti Herlin is one of the most influential figures in the Finnish economy. In late 2009, Iltalehti selected Antti Herlin as the second most influential decision-maker in the Finnish economy after Björn Wahlroos.[3]

Herlin has been seen as a determined, even ruthless, business leader.[4]

He was leader of the Confederation of Finnish Industries 2007-2008.

Herlin was chairman of the Board of Sanoma Corporation, owner of Finland's largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, 2013-2016 and vice chairman of the board of Directors in years 2016-2021.[5][6][7]

Net Zero

Herlin has founded the non-profit Tiina and Antti Herlin foundation[8]. In 2021, the foundation set its sights on | rapid, scalable and far-reaching emission cuts... to help promote change towards a sustainable, carbon-negative future."[9]



 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/20187 June 201810 June 2018Italy
Turin
Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress
The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government.
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