Peter Vesterbacka

Peter Vesterbacka
Nationality	suomi Finnish
Born	March 12, 1968

If you were looking for the character, see Mighty Eagle.

Peter Vesterbacka (born on March 12, 1968 ), his nickname known as Mighty Eagle, is a Finnish mobile game developer and former CMO of Rovio Entertainment Corporation.

History

Vesterbacka is responsible for the development of the gaming company Rovio Entertainment's business and has been involved in making the popular Angry Birds. TIME magazine chose Vesterbacka of 2011, the world's hundred most influential people list.

On June 21, 2016, he decided to leave Rovio Entertainment, and intends to continue its work as an investor and advisor to growing companies.

In September 2016, he announced the start of work educational gaming company, Lightner.

On April 19, 2023, Peter acknowledged the Rovio acquisition by Sega, with him stating “it’s a reasonably good deal” and that “The [Angry Birds] brand has a lot more potential” with Sega.

Biography

Vesterbacka spent his childhood and youth in Pori, Finland. He graduated from high school Björneborgs Swedish Samskola, after which began marketing studies at Åbo Akademi University. However, studies were interrupted as Vesterbacka moves to work for Hewlett-Packard.

Gallery

Peter Vesterbacka doing the -IceBucketChallenge

Peter with an Angry Birds phone case created by Commonwealth around 2011.

Peter and Teija Vesterbacka at the Finnish Presidential Palace Wearing an Angry Birds Dress in January 2012.

External Links

• His Twitter page
• His Wikipedia (Finnish) description

See also

• Jaakko Iisalo
• Peter Vesterbacka Crypto Scandal

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