New Rovio CEO Faces a Host of Challenges

Can the creator of Angry Birds be more than a one-hit wonder?

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Is it possible to build a viable company (let alone an entertainment empire) on the back of a mobile video game app that may have seen its day? Good question, and Finnish tech firm Rovio is hoping a guy named Pekka Rantala has the answer.

Rovio is the company behind the Angry Birds mobile game, which slingshot its way into global pop culture in 2009. At its height, Angry Birds boasted of being the world’s most popular app—more than half a billion at last count.

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