Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Occupation	Chief Executive Officer
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1953(1953-07-13)
Age	71
Birthplace	Lavia
Country	Finland
Birth City	Satakunta
Horoscope	Cancer

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo Biography

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is one of the most popular and richest Chief Executive Officer who was born on July 13, 1953 in Lavia, Satakunta, Finland. Olly-Pekka Kallasvuo (born on 13th July 1953) was the chairperson of the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 and was the former Chairman Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and the President of Nokia and an active board member for Nokia Siemens Networks.

Apart from his work for Nokia He also served as Director at EMC Corporation from August 2004 until the 23rd of January, 2009.

In January 2013, it was announced that Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was the new Chairman of the board for Zenterio AB, a Swedish TV software company. Zenterio AB declared bankruptcy in July 2019 and in February 2020, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was sued in court for the amount of 44 million Swedish crowns for his actions as Chairman of Zenterio.

During the Kallasvuo’s time as Nokia’s CEO, Nokia’s percentage of smartphone sales decreased from 48 percent in 2006 to only 31% at the time of his departure in the latter part of 2010. (according the Financial Times figures). In the time between Nokia’s management was unable to adjust to the constantly changing circumstances of smartphones and the general smartphone market. This was due to inability of the platforms and UI development which contributed to the decrease. The slow rate of development as well as the lack of support for the company’s Maemo OS, subsequently known as Meego and used in phones like the N900 as well as the N9 handsets which left Nokia without a platform that could be competitive with the Apple iPhone as well as Google’s Android platforms. The the company’s key partner Intel leaving its Meego project in the year 2011 just after the departure of Kallasvuo from Nokia. Kallasvuo’s successor Elop was able to switch into Windows Phone. Windows Phone platform with little commercial success . Nokia was slashed from being the largest mobile manufacturer in the world to a small brand with less than 3 percent in the market for smartphones after its mobile phone business was bought in mid 2014 by Microsoft in mid-2014.

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo Net Worth

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is one of the richest Chief Executive Officer from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kallasvuo’s involvement at Nokia began in the year 1980 when he was hired as Corporate Counsel. In 1987, he was named as Assistant Vice President in the Legal Department, and in 1988 he was promoted to the Assistant Vice-President, Finance. In 1990, he was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President Finance. From 1990 and onward Kallasvuo was a member of Nokia’s Group Executive Board of Nokia.

The year 1992 was the time that Kallasvuo became Executive Vice Chief Financial Officer and President. In 1997 and 1998, he was the Corporate Executive Vice-President at Nokia United States, during which time he had all responsibility for Nokia’s operation within the US. In the early part of 1999, he was re-appointed to the post as Chief Financial Officer a post he been in prior to moving from America. United States. Between 2004 and 2005 Kallasvuo was the Executive Vice General Manager and President for Mobile Phones. At the beginning of October, 2005, Kallasvuo was promoted to the President and COO. He was then appointed to replace Jorma Ollila. He was Chief Executive Officer and President at Nokia Corporation from 1 June 2006 until his dismissal from his position on September 11, 2010. Chairman Ollila declared that it was the “time is right” for an interim leader with different capabilities. The succeeding leader is Stephen Elop who began 10 days after. Kallasvuo was still chair of the board of Nokia Siemens Networks. As of today, Kallasvuo is the last Finnish Nokia CEO. Nokia.

On 26 January 2012 the TeliaSonera committee proposed that Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo be elected as a new member of the TeliaSonera’s board of directors.

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Olli-Pekka Ranked on the list of most popular Chief Executive Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.