Ilkka Paananen Net Worth【 Supercell 】Wiki, Age, Bio, Wife, Fortune

Personal Details Summary
Name	Ilkka Paananen
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	June 16, 1978. As of 2025, he is around 47 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Engaged / Spouse / Partner	No confirmed information is available.
Children / No. of Kids	No confirmed information is available.
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	Finnish
What is Ilkka Paananen net worth?	As of 2025, his net worth is predicted to be around $1.5 billion.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Ilkka Paananen is a Finnish entrepreneur. He is renowned as the CEO and founder of Supercell, a mobile game developing company known for launching the very successful mobile game Clash of Clans.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Ilkka Paananen was born on June 16, 1978, in Piikkiö, Finland, which is a couple of hours west of the Finnish capital, Helsinki.
Both his parents were teachers.
He has a younger brother, Juha Paananen, who was one of the founders of another mobile gaming start-up, Nonstop Games. Juha is two years younger than Ilkka.
For his education, Ilkka attended the Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) from 1998 to 2009, ending his studies with a Master of Science.

Early Career as a Business Founder :

With little to no background in programming or game design, in June 2000, Ilkka became the CEO and co-founder of Sumea, a company specializing in game development.
Sumea was acquired by Digital Chocolate in June of 2004. Ilkka remained at the company in its new iteration, first as Managing Director (July 2004 to December 2006), then as President of Studios (December 2006 to 2009), and ultimately as President, from January 2010 to June 2010.
In June 2009, Ilkka became an investor in Uplause Ltd, a company that develops and markets social games, providing interactive entertainment to the consumer. He is also the chairman of the board.
Following that, in June 2010, Ilkka became a coach at The Aalto Venture Garage, where he has remained since. The Aalto Venture Garage facilitates the creation and growth of fledgling ventures.
Alongside that, Ilkka became a partner at Lifeline Ventures in November of 2010. Lifeline Ventures is a Helsinki-based company that invests in games & web technology.

SuperCell : Revenue and Net Worth

Ilkka founded his most successful company Supercell in February of 2011, and has been the acting CEO of the company ever since.
Many years later, Supercell now has offices in Helsinki (Finland), San Francisco (United States of America), Shanghai (China), and Seoul (South Korea).
To date it has launched five games globally, most of which have been immensely popular across international markets: Brawl Stars, Clash Royale, Boom Beach, Clash of Clans, and Hay Day.
The company also employs more than three hundred professionals from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities & has a multi-million dollar revenue.
Ilkka refers to himself as ‘the industry’s least powerful CEO,’ claiming that the driving force within Supercell should not be the executives. He built Supercell based on the philosophy that his role is to empower people.

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

Ilkka credits his teacher-parents with instilling in him a need to constantly learn.
He was invited to speak at Games First London in January 2019.
True to his Finnish roots, Ilkka is a hockey fan.
He credits his compulsory year of Finnish military training with teaching him the ideals & principles to be a good leader He is the co-founder of the We Foundation, which leads a constant fight against inequality, and which also helps underprivileged children.