Jorma Ollila
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Ollila in May 2011 at the 41. St. Gallen Symposium
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| Born |
Jorma Jaakko Ollila 15 August 1950 Seinäjoki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Alma mater |
University of Helsinki London School of Economics Helsinki University of Technology |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Title | former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, former chairman and former CEO of Nokia Corporation |
| Term | 2006–2015 |
| Predecessor | Aad Jacobs |
| Successor | Charles O. Holliday (from May 2015) |
| Board member of | Ford Motor Company, UPM-Kymmene and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. |
Jorma Jaakko Ollila (born 15 August 1950) is a Finnish businessman who was chairman of Royal Dutch Shell from 1 June 2006 to May 2015. Before that he was chairman (1999–2012) and CEO (1992–2006) of Nokia Corporation. He has been a director of Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. since 1996 and UPM-Kymmene since 1997, and is an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, a New York-based boutique investment bank founded by Joseph R. Perella and Peter Weinberg in 2006.
For Nokia, he was credited with turning the company into the then world's largest handset maker.
After elementary school in Kirkon koulu, Kurikka, Finland, Ollila went to high school in Vaasan Lyseon Lukio, Vaasa, with the help of a scholarship at the United World College of the Atlantic, where he earned his A-levels.
Thereafter, he obtained a Master of Political Science from University of Helsinki, a Master of Science (Economics) from London School of Economics and a Master of Science (Technology) in Engineering Physics from Helsinki University of Technology.
In 2003, he was elected an honorary fellow of the London School of Economics, and was awarded honorary membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ollila has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Vaasa.
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