26.01.2011 17:50 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Nokia chairman wanted Vanjoki for CEO, American investors forced him to pick Elop?

We love us some corporate intrigue, and there's some intrigue of the highest order coming out of Finland today: Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila now claims that he'd wanted the outspoken Anssi Vanjoki to step up, but was instead forced to endorse Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo's successor to lead the embattled company by a team of American investors who demanded a CEO from the left side of the Atlantic. How "forced," exactly? Ollila says that he was told he'd be ousted himself if he didn't throw his weight behind Elop, which -- as IntoMobile points out -- is a bit odd considering that Ollila himself is leaving next year. All told, something seems

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