{"product_id":"high-stakes","title":"High Stakes","description":"A stunning biography that breathes life into all-but-forgotten marble bust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe leader of Finland's largest private company and the country's richest man. An avid socialite enamoured with luxury cars, sleek yachts, private railway cars and European spa resorts. A refined patron of the arts and talented pianist, as well as a strident Swedish-speaking Fennoman and important financial supporter of a fledgling Finnish nation. A self-taught technological visionary and industrial titan who built up a vast empire. An emotional and unstable despot in his family home. A tyrannical employer and ruthless strikebreaker who became the target of an assassination attempt. A hypersensitive pessimist and a tough-as-nails business tycoon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Ahlström (1875-1931) served as the director of the Finnish company A. Ahlström Ltd from 1907 to 1931. Under his guidance, the firm expanded its operations from a small collection of sawmills to become a thriving industrial powerhouse.\u003cbr\u003eWalter was a dauntless risk-taker who was fated to play a game of high stakes. During his event-filled lifetime, he both won and lost.","brand":"Siltala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56823389192527,"sku":"9789523886346","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9789523886346_1-high-stakes.jpg?v=1769000705","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/high-stakes","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}