I set up my first hotel business in 1997, before I went off to college. Since then I have acted on national TV (in my home country of Finland), performed in musicals, studied classical music and philosophy, ran for a seat in parliament, been a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard, post-doc at both Columbia University and NYU, published multiple papers in academic journals, been CEO of hotel chain, closed down businesses and opened businesses, and above all fathered two kids.