Jari Komulainen

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Jari Komulainen is a Finnish businessman. He became famous by being married to the Finnish President Mauno Koivisto’s daughter, Assi Koivisto.

Personal life[]

Jari Komulainen married Assi Koivisto, the daughter of President Mauno Koivisto in a lavish wedding in the Presidential summer palace, Kultaranta, in 1982.[1] The couple divorced in the 1990s and did not have any children, which was speculated to be the cause to the divorce.[2] Komulainen’s second marriage to produced one child but did not last long,[3] as he already married in 1998. The couple got divorced in 2003. Anitra Ahtola is a Finnish model and the first runner up in 1996 Miss Finland competition. The couple has two children.[4]

Business[]

Komulainen got into a Russian submarine business with Russian partners and purchased a Juliett-class Soviet submarine K-77 in 1993, which he later chartered to the Intermedia Film Equities Ltd as a movie set of the K-19 Widowmaker movie starring Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford.[5] The submarine was also used as a restaurant and Komulainen even held his own beauty pageant, , on top of his K-77 in Helsinki. He later married the winner of the competition, Anitra Ahtola.[4] In 2002, after the film wrapped up, the submarine was purchased by the ,[6] towed to in Providence, Rhode Island, and opened to the public in August 2002. Komulainen’s company, , used to import scooters and bicycles to the Finnish market. The company had a turnover of 4 million Euros a year, however Komulainen sold Solo International Ltd to during the summer 2006.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mauno Koivisto tänään 85 vuotta - Katso hauskat kuvat vuosien varrelta - MTV3.fi - Viihde - Uutiset". MTV3.fi. 1982-06-19. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  2. ^ "Turhimot". City.fi. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  3. ^ "Huuto.net". archive.is. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Anitra Ahtola". IMDb.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. ^ [1] Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The Home Page of the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, Inc". Saratogamuseum.org. 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  7. ^ "Jari Komulainen myi pyöräbisnekset Soliferille - Yrityskaupat - Talouselämä". Talouselama.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2011-11-11.
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