Tankmar Horn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tankmar Horn

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1924

Place of Birth: Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 16-Mar-2018

Profession: businessperson, business executive

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Tankmar Horn (16 August 1924 – 16 March 2018) was a Finnish diplomat, economist, and businessman. Due to his father's position as army officer, Horn lived in different places in his youth.
During the Second World War he studied in Berlin and Hungary.
After the war end he completed his studies in economics and subsequently he started working for the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Horn spent a couple of year long periods of secondment in a number of countries.
He ended up negotiating trade agreements with EEC and he also took part in Nordek negotiations which eventually failed. In 1969 Horn got managerial position in multi industrial company Wärtsilä and in the beginning of 1971 he became the managing director.
During Horn's era the company internationalised through acquisitions and opening sales offices in many countries.
The most significant investment was building entirely new Perno shipyard in Turku.
After stepping aside from the company leadership Horn continued as board member.
A dramatic event during his membership was the bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, that took place in 1989.