Antti Herlin
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Antti Herlin (born 14 November 1956, Finland) is the current and fourth chairman of the Board of Finnish KONE Corporation. He is the richest man in Finland with assets worth nearly 1 billion euros in KONE stock owned through his holding companies. He is the son of Pekka Herlin, former chairman of the board of KONE as well. He is also the former chairman of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (Elinkeinoelämän Keskusliitto EK). Antti Herlin owns a farm in Kirkkonummi where he raises Hereford and Aberdeen Angus beef cattle. In March, 2010, Forbes magazine named him as 773rd in their list of the world's richest persons, also noting him as Finland's first billionaire.[1]