“Nothing will save a successful company” and five other guidelines from the Aho siblings’ way of doing business The owner siblings of Aho Group received the Family Enterprise 2019 award in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition. The Aho Group Chairman of the Board Miia Porkkala writes about the thoughts and attitudes behind their shared work. Read More MIIA PORKKALA NOVEMBER 2, 2019 AHO GROUP ETUSIVU HISTORIA OMISTUS HALLINTO BLOGI IN ENGLISH FRONT PAGE HISTORY OWNERS MANAGEMENT NEWS YRITYKSET LÄÄKÄRIKESKUS AAVA PIKKUJÄTTI DOCRATES RUKAKESKUS PYHÄTUNTURI MUU TOIMINTA JUHANI AHON SÄÄTIÖ CMI ARVOYHTEISTYÖ

A Growing Finnish Family Business Aho Group is a Finnish family business active in the travel and healthcare sectors. Subsidiaries include Ruka and Pyhä skiing centers in Northern Finland as well as Medical Center Aava, Medical Center Pikkujätti, and Docrates Cancer Clinic which attend to their patients’ health at different stages of life. JUHANI AHO MEDICAL FOUNDATION Juhani Aho’s foundation supports research of medicine and clinical chemistry in Finland. The foundation bearing Aho Group’s founder’s name deals out grants with a special focus on young researchers. GO TO WEBSITE 100 % family-owned Entrepreneurial activities of the Aho Family were begun by Dr. Juhani Aho, who was driven by a will to make the impossible possible. The family business – which has grown to encompass several fields – is today owned and actively managed by Juhani’s five children. AHO GROUP ETUSIVU HISTORIA OMISTUS HALLINTO BLOGI IN ENGLISH FRONT PAGE HISTORY OWNERS MANAGEMENT NEWS YRITYKSET LÄÄKÄRIKESKUS AAVA PIKKUJÄTTI DOCRATES RUKAKESKUS PYHÄTUNTURI MUU TOIMINTA JUHANI AHON SÄÄTIÖ CMI ARVOYHTEISTYÖ

Ownership Aho Group is a 100 % family-owned group of companies. Siblings Kari Jussi Aho, Miia Porkkala, Annakaija Lappalainen, Antti Aho ja Ville Aho hold majority stakes in skiing centers Ruka and Pyhä, medical center Aava, and medical center Pikkujätti. The latter two also have top management and practitioners amongst their owners. Docrates cancer clinic is an affiliate of Aho Group, with the Aho siblings being the largest single shareholders. OWNERS KARI JUSSI AHO Family entrepreneur and owner Chairman of the Board, Aho Group kj.aho@pyha.fi MIIA PORKKALA Family entrepreneur and owner miia.porkkala@ahogroup.fi ANNAKAIJA LAPPALAINEN Family entrepreneur and owner Medical Doctor in Charge, Women’s Aava annakaija.lappalainen@aava.fi ANTTI AHO Family entrepreneur and owner CEO, Aava Terveyspalvelut Oy antti.aho@aava.fi VILLE AHO Family entrepreneur and owner CEO, Rukakeskus Oy ville.aho@ruka.fi AHO GROUP ETUSIVU HISTORIA OMISTUS HALLINTO BLOGI IN ENGLISH FRONT PAGE HISTORY OWNERS MANAGEMENT NEWS YRITYKSET LÄÄKÄRIKESKUS AAVA PIKKUJÄTTI DOCRATES RUKAKESKUS PYHÄTUNTURI MUU TOIMINTA JUHANI AHON SÄÄTIÖ CMI ARVOYHTEISTYÖ