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Aatos Erkko
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Aatos Juho Michel Erkko (16 September 1932[1] – 5 May 2012[2]) was a Finnish newspaper editor, newspaper publisher, and the main owner of the Sanoma Corporation and the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, of which he was also the editor in chief.[3]
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He was for many years the wealthiest person in Finland[4] and directly or indirectly controlled 23.29% of the Sanoma Corporation's shares,[5] whose value on 29 July 2009 was more than €453 million.[6]