Lauri Kivekäs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lauri Kivekäs

Finnish businessman

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: Muuruvesi, Eastern Finland Province, Finland

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1998

Profession: lawyer, businessperson, politician

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lauri Jaakko Kivekäs, titled Vuorineuvos (7 July 1903, Muuruvesi, Finland – 12 February 1998; surname until 1926 Stenbäck), was a Finnish businessman.
He served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 1957 to 1958.
He was the former Chairman of Confederation of Finnish Industries and the first Chairman of Nokia Corporation after the 1967 merger of the three Finnish companies Nokia Company, Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works.
He remained Nokia Chairman until 1977 when he was replaced by Björn Westerlund.