Tor Nessling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tor Nessling

Finnish industrialist, entrepreneur and engineer

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1901

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1971

Profession: businessperson, engineer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tor Ragnar Nessling MSc (diplomi-insinööri) (6 September 1901 – 23 November 1971) was a leading Finnish industrialist, entrepreneur and engineer.
For nearly four decades he was the general manager of the Finnish heavy vehicle producer Suomen Autoteollisuus (SAT).
His contribution to national development was officially recognized by the Finnish President who appointed Nessling as a "Vuorineuvos".Nessling became head of SAT in 1932, soon after the company's foundation.
He developed the business in an era when only few believed in the possibility of a Finnish automotive industry, and a decade later had become the company's majority shareholder.
Nessling took a patriarchal approach to his leadership of the company, which he built into a producer of trucks, bus chassis, rail vehicles and specialist terminal tractors.
Nessling lost his controlling shareholding following a merger in 1968, resigned in 1970 and died the following year.