Taneli Tikka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Taneli Tikka
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Mar 8, 1978(1978-03-08)
Age	46
Birthplace	Savitaipale
Country	Finland
Birth City	South Karelia
Horoscope	Pisces

Taneli Tikka Biography

Taneli Tikka is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on March 8, 1978 in Savitaipale, South Karelia, Finland. Tikka was born in Savitaipale in 1978 , an infant son of a Finnish mother as well as Georgian father. Tikka developed his very first software program at six. After finishing the basic upper secondary school, Tikka went on to pursue a degree in computer engineering and software at the university that is now called the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. While studying, he began working for Nokia as an engineer for design. In 1999, he ended studying and started his first business with group of friends. Taika Technologies Ltd. specialised in multimedia and digital applications for social networks. The company failed in 2002. Tikka pursued his education at the Helsinki School of Economics, where he was awarded first in academic standing in this class of the Executive MBA programme in 2004.

Tikka was on Muxlim on the Board of Directors from 2007 from 2007 to 2009. Muxlim was the largest social network specifically for Muslims. The company was awarded an Internationalization Award of the President of Finland in 2009. Republic of Finland in 2009.

From 2010 to 2011 Tikka was Health Puzzle’s CEO. In 2009, Tikka started as a member of the Soprano Plc (NASDAQ OMX listed public company) Board of Directors and in 2011 he was appointed as company’s Executive Vice President and was in charge of their web solutions division. In early 2012 Tikka was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Soprano Plc. Tikka was working in Soprano until 2012.

In March 2011 the Finnish Information Processing Association appointed Tikka as the ICT Opinion Leader of the Year 2010. This nomination has in the past been received by professors, members of parliament (Jyrki Kasvi) and large organization CEOs (Risto Siilasmaa) in Finland. It has a tradition extending from 1987 onwards to this date.

The year 2005 was the first time Tikka was hired by Dynamoid in 2005, where he was in charge of IRC-Galleria’s strategic and marketing. in the following year, Tikka was named Dynamoid’s CEO. In 2007, IRC-Galleria was purchased to Sulake Corporation for EUR 12.5 million Sulake Corporation, the company that owns the Habbo Hotel. Following that, Tikka was promoted to COO of Dopplr (2007 from 2007 to 2009) along with e.g. Lisa Sounio and Marko Ahtisaari who were among the Dopplr founders. The concept behind the service was to protect the business traveler’s network, so that they could can know which of their contacts reside in the region they’re visiting, or which of their friends are travelling to the same place simultaneously like they do. The service also provided local eateries or shops that were that were recommended to other members. Nokia bought Dopplr on September 9, 2009. Between 2008 and 2009 Tikka was the CEO of RunToShop which was a social shopping company.

Taneli Tikka Net Worth

Taneli Tikka is one of the richest Businessperson from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Taneli Tikka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Taneli Tikka (Born 8 March 1978 in Savitaipale, Finland) is the CEO of the Finnish state-owned business known as Valtion kehitysyhtio Vake Oy. Tikka has worked in over 30 organizations as CEO as well as a member of the board or in any other advisory capacity. Tikka is actively involved in public debates as well as being recognized for his expertise in technology and industry.

Following the Taika Technology bankruptcy, Tikka was employed at W-Data (now CGI) and at Ruukki Group (now Afarak Group) from 2003 until in. From 2003 to 2006, for Tikka this bankruptcy more than only a valuable business lesson and a useful source of information as he was offered an unprofitable job at Magenta business: “As You have made a bankruptcy already you don’t mind if it happens again”. Magenta Sites was the hosting and IT services provider responsible for the worldwide distribution for the Star Wreck movie, and was also the long-running hosting company for Habbo Hotel). Tikka was employed by Magenta between 2003 until 2007.

Tikka has also been involved in various state’s programs. In 2008, Tikka was appointed to the management team of Tekes’ (Finnish governmental Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) Verso technology program. The program lasted until 2010 and was a pioneer program of its time showing the way for Small and medium-sized enterprises of what is required to grow the business and to expand abroad. Many of the Verso program companies grew fast, including gaming companies Supercell and Rovio. Tikka was a member of the steering group of Vigo program which supported promising companies. He took also part in Government Report of the Future which handled the future of the business life.

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Who is Taneli Tikka Dating?

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Tikka started as a CEO of a Finnish stated-owned enterprise called Valtion kehitysyhtiö Vake Oy in June 2018. Vake’s purpose is to create Finnish Clusters of Innovation using new technology like Artificial intelligence.

Facts & Trivia

Taneli Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Taneli Tikka celebrates birthday on March 8 of every year.