Ahti Vilppula

Who is Ahti Vilppula?

Ahti Vilppula is a Finnish business man born in Finland. Vilppula lives abroad but has financial interests in Finland. Vilppula started export between the West and the then USSR in Spain. He moved to Brussels, when the Soviet Union collapsed. Vilppula has bought a house in London costing several tens of millions of euros. Some companies with which Vilppula is involved have had the interest of financial regulators in Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.

Together with Kai Mäkelä he has over the current decade been a major shareholder in companies such as Saunalahti, Alma Media, Talentum, and Ruukki Group. Vilppula sold a 10 per cent stake in Ruukki Group in 2008 spring to the Russian bank VTB.