Speaker
Co-founder of Wolt | Speaker
Juhani Mykkänen is one of the founders of technology company Wolt and host of Helsingin Sanomat's Juhani Mykkäsen podcast.
He has a decade of experience building a startup from zero into an international success that grew into an organization of 13,000 employees, a service for 40 million customers, and a 7 billion euro acquisition.
Speaker profile
Juhani Mykkänen is a Finnish startup entrepreneur and speaker who was at the center of building technology company Wolt from its early days into the largest acquisition in Finnish business history at 7 billion euros. His ten-year journey at Wolt included funding rounds worth hundreds of millions of euros, expansion into 30 countries, and growth to 13,000 employees and 40 million customers. Mykkänen held several key roles at Wolt, including leading marketing, people operations, company culture, and public affairs.
In addition to Wolt, Mykkänen hosts the popular Helsingin Sanomat podcast Juhani Mykkäsen, which dives into curious and surprising conversations with experts from different fields. He has also written three books and founded Finland's largest CrossFit competition, the WOD League.
As a speaker, Mykkänen combines his firsthand experiences of building a startup, leading growth, and developing company culture into concrete lessons for audiences. His appearances are energetic, open, and practical, offering listeners a unique opportunity to look behind the scenes of a growth company's everyday life.
Talks
Mykkänen opens up, through practical examples and Wolt's story, how something that tens of millions of customers want can be built from scratch in Finland. The presentation takes audiences from idea to international success in Silicon Valley spirit.
Wolt's rise to become Finland's most desirable technology company did not happen by chance. Mykkänen shares concrete lessons and experiences on building company culture and leading through strong growth and continuous change.
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