Although born and schooled in Finland, at the age of seventeen he gained a scholarship to attend Atlantic College, an idealistic boarding school in Wales designed to bring together future leaders.

• 他出生于芬兰，在芬兰接受教育，年仅十七岁就获得了北大西洋学院的入学奖学金。北大西洋学院是威尔士的一家寄宿学校，其办学宗旨为汇集和培养未来的领导人。