Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo is a Finnishbusinessman. He is best-known as chairman of the board of Jokerit and an investor in sports. He has also been a professional sailor and a sports manager. Early 2000s, Hjallis divorced from his young and beautiful member-of-parlament-wife Leena Harkimo and married even younger member-of-parlament Merikukka Forsius-Harkimo. A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... The Chairman of the board is the leader of a corporate board of directors, see chairman. ... logo of Jokerit Jokerit is a Finnish ice hockey team playing in SM-liiga and based at Hartwall Areena (all-seater, capacity 13665), Helsinki. ... Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... The Eduskunta in Finnish, or the Riksdag in Swedish, is the parliament of Finland. ... Merikukka Forsius-Harkimo Merikukka Forsius-Harkimo (born August 12, 1972) is a Finnish politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. ...
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Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo (born: 1953) is a Finnish businessman.
He is best-known as chairman of the board of the Helsinki-based ice-hockey team Jokerit, the developer of its home arena, Hartwall Areena (aka Hjallis-halli).
HarryHarkimo and Merikukka Forsius-Harkimo divorced after one year of marriage.
HarryHarkimo, chairman of the board of the Helsinki ice hockey team Jokerit, hopes to expand his sports empire into Sweden.
Harkimo has also invested in a new arena that is going up in Hamburg, and there are reports that the Finnish sports mogul is looking for a German hockey team to be the arena's main star.
However, it also appears that Harkimo sees the growth potential of hockey as limited, and he has taken a greater interest in soccer, where the real money is seen to be.