Other names "Nalle" | Name Bjorn Westerlund Role Businessman | |
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Full Name Bjorn Georg Wilhelm Westerlund Education Helsinki University of Technology Similar People Fredrik Idestam, Simo Vuorilehto, Kari Kairamo, Jorma Ollila, Leo Mechelin | ||
Björn Georg Wilhelm Westerlund, titled Vuorineuvos (January 27, 1912 in Hanover, Germany – March 11, 2009 in Helsinki, Finland), was a Finnish businessman and a short-time minister in the government of Finland. He was the former and first President and CEO of Nokia Corporation that was formed in a 1967 merger between the three Finnish companies Nokia Company, Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works. He was the CEO until his retirement in 1977. He remained Chairman of the Board until 1979.
He was also the Minister of Trade and Industry for a short while (19 June to 14 July 1961) in V. J. Sukselainen's second government, as a representative of Swedish People's Party.
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