Aapo Kyrölä
| aapo | |
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Note: This account was not transferred during the 2010 merge or was deleted during an account clearout and either belongs to another user or is inactive.
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| Joined habbo: | May 2000 |
| Also known as: | kyrpov JormaOllila Pasimaailma |
| Former Habbo Staff | |
| Role(s): | Co-Founder CEO Sulake Chief Scientist |
Aapo Kyrölä is one of the two co-founders of Sulake and one of three co-owners of Habbo Hotel. From Helsinki, he served as Chief Executive Officer before a suitable person was found to fill the role. As a co-founder of Sulake, Aapo served as a member of the board up until 2011 when the company was bought out in its entirety by a private equity firm, Elisa. Since leaving Sulake, Aapo as briefly worked at Twitter before founding another company with Sampo Karjalainen called ProtoGeo. Facebook eventually bought the company in 2014 where he now works as a Software Engineer.
He also created Fuse - software used to run multi-user virtual spaces. Fuse was used to develop Hotelli Kultakala (Hotel Goldfish), the original Habbo. He also created Lumisota and Mobiles Disco with Sampo Karjalainen.
Habbo Roles
| Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Scientist | Sept 2001 | Aug 2011 |
| CEO | May 2000 | Sept 2001 |
| Co-Founder | May 2000 | Aug 2011 |
Trivia
- aapo2 is the oldest Habbo created (on Habbo Finland, 4th July 2000). The first Habbo was most likely aapo but was removed due to testing reasons. [1]
- The first user on the UK hotel was aapo, though the account was deleted in the merge.