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Rauha is offline Rauha
2014-04-25 , 07:41
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Originally Posted by Jaco2k View Post
Either way, I am still curious about who is backing Jolla. Part of me wants to believe that not all in the Nokia board were happy with the decision to sell and Jolla was the plan B.
Nokia certainly isn't backing Jolla and has nothing to do with Jolla. Apart from the small investment that was part of Nokia's lay off progam given to sacked employees.

Last month (source) Jolla was owned by::

Steven Lau (20,9%) <- Hong Kong/Chinese tycoon who made his fortune by importing Nokia phones to the chinese in the 90's.
Sami Pienmäki (17,3%)
Stefano Mosconi (16,4%)
Marc Dillon (16,4 %)
Jolly Boat (2,6%) <- fund for non-founder Jolla employees
Other investors all <3%

Originally Posted by Jaco2k View Post
Jolla now has 2 years to prove and establish itself and I bet come 2016 we will see the "Nokia Jolla"
Hopefully Nokia doens't get in any way involved with Jolla and screw it up.
 

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