PM Alexander Stubb, Hiroshi Mikitani and PM Taavi Roivas at Slush 2014

Slush 2014 | Silver Stage | Tuesday Panel Discussion with Prime Minister of Estonia Taavi Roivas, Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb and Founder, CEO & Chairman of Rakuten, Hiroshi Mikitani (hosted by Gordon Kelly). Interesting discussion on startup scene’s current situation and how the environment could further be developed to better support entrepreneurship in the future. Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani is the founder, chairman and CEO of Rakuten, one of the world’s largest Internet companies. In 1997 with just a handful of employees, he launched the Rakuten marketplace. Rakuten has expanded beyond e-commerce to encompass a dynamic global ecosystem of 55 different Internet services companies as diverse as travel, banking, credit card, eReading, and professional sports. The firm has operations in 28 countries and customers all over the world with a market cap of over $17 billion. // Slush 2016 will take place in Helsinki, Finland on November 30th - December 1nd&#