Blyk was founded by two Finns, Pekka Ala-Pietilä (formerly president of Nokia) and Antti Öhrling (ex-chairman and founder of the Contra advertising group).
Esa-Pekka Salonen | Jukka-Pekka Saraste | Ala, Trentino | Ala | Pekka Pyykkö | Ala Littoria | Pekka Vasala | Pekka Kuusisto | Pekka Janhunen | Pekka Ala-Pietilä | Juha-Pekka Haataja | Ari-Pekka Hakala | Ala Boratyn | Ala ad-Din Tekish | Abu'l-Ala-Al-Ma'arri | Pekka Streng | Pekka Salminen | Pekka Ruuska | Pekka Puska | Pekka Päivärinta | Pekka Niemelä | Pekka Koskela | Pekka Korhonen | Bonita Pietila | American Library Association (ALA) | Alicja "Ala" Boratyn | Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah | Ala-Too Square | Ala Modalaindi | Ala Moana Beach Park |
He was the first person to write critical monographs in any language on three individual Finnish modernist architects, Alvar Aalto - Alvar Aalto: A Critical Study (1983) - Reima Pietilä - Reima Pietilä: Architecture, Context, Modernism (1985) - and Juha Leiviskä - Juha Leiviska and the Continuity of Finnish Modern Architecture (2001).
In 2006 he left Nokia and joined his former boss, Nokia CEO Pekka Ala-Pietilä to start an advertisement-supported mobile network Blyk.
Bonita Pietila, Finnish American casting director and producer for The Simpsons